1 Timothy 6:14 (WEB)

Passage

that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Nearby Context

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,

1 Timothy 6:14 that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

1 Timothy 6:15 which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

1 Timothy 6:16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "keep", "commandment", "without", "spot", "blameless", "until", "appearing", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "keep" and "commandment", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "I command you before God who gives..." into verse 15's "which in its own times he will...", so "keep" and "commandment" 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 "keep" and "commandment" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.