5. Belial Worthless 2 Cor. 6:15
2. Adversary Against God 1 Pet. 5:8 3. Ancient serpent Deceiver in garden Rev. 12:9; 20:2 4. Beelzebul Lord of the fly Matt. 12:24 5. Belial Worthless 2 Cor. 6:15 6. Devil Slanderer Matt. 4:1 7. Dragon Destructive Rev. 12:3, 7, 9 8. Enemy Opponent Matt. 13:28 9. Evil one Intrinsically evil John 17:15 10. God of this world Influences thinking of world 2 Cor. 4:4 11. Liar Perverts the truth John 8:44 12. Murderer Leads people to eternal death John 8:44 13. Prince of demons Leader of fallen angels Mark 3:22 14. Prince of the power of the air Control of unbelievers Eph. 2:2 15. Roaring lion One who destroys 1 Pet. 5:8 16. Ruler of this world Rules in world system John 12:31 17. Satan Adversary 1 Tim. 5:15 18. Tempter Solicits people to sin 1 Thess. 3:5 ©1997 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 6:8 have food and clothing . . . be content. The basic necessities of life are what ought to make Christians content. Paul does not condemn having possessions, as long as God graciously provides them (v. 17). He does, however, condemn a self-indulgent desire for money, which results from discontentment. See note on Matt. 6:33.
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 6:9 those who desire to be rich fall into temptation. Greedy people are compulsive—they are continually trapped in sins by their consuming desire to acquire more. ruin and destruction. Such greed may lead these people to suffer the tragic end of destruction and hell. These terms refer to the eternal punishment of the wicked.
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 6:10 love of money. Lit., "affection for silver." In the context, this sin applies to false teachers specifically, but the principle is true universally. Money itself is not evil since it is a gift from God (Deut. 8:18); Paul condemns only the love of it (cf. Matt. 6:24), which is so characteristic of false teachers (see notes on 1 Pet. 5:2; 2 Pet. 2:1–3, 15). wandered away from the faith. From the body of Christian truth. Gold has replaced God for these apostates, who have turned away from pursuing the things of God in favor of money.