1 Timothy 6:11 (WEB)

Passage

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:13 I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "flee", "things", "follow", "after", "righteousness", "godliness", and "love". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "flee", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "For the love of money is a..." into verse 12's "Fight the good fight of faith Take...", so "faith" and "flee" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "flee" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.