| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 Warning against false teachers (1:1-11) to Timothy, my true child in faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (1:2) | Salutation | 9 The good fight of faith (6:11-21) Grace be with all of you. (6:21) |
| 1 Warning against false teachers (1:1-11) We know that the law is good, provided that one uses it as law, (1:8) | The law / the commandment | 9 The good fight of faith (6:11-21) to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ (6:14) |
| 2 Gratitude for mercy (1:12-20) Some, by rejecting conscience, have made a shipwreck of their faith, (1:19) | Apostate | 8 False teaching and true riches (6:3-10) Whoever teaches something different and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the religious teaching (6:3) |
| 3 Instructions concerning prayer (2:1-15) women should adorn themselves with proper conduct, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hairstyles and gold ornaments, or pearls, or expensive clothes (2:9) | Female congregation | 7 Duties toward believers (5:1-6:2) So I would like younger widows to marry, have children, and manage a home, so as to give the adversary no pretext for maligning us (5:14) |
| 4 Qualifications of bishops and deacons (3:1-13) Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach (3:2) | Bishop | 6 A good minister of Jesus Christ (4:6-16) Let no one have contempt for your youth, but set an example for those who believe, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity (4:12) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 Warning against false teachers (1:1-11) Some people have deviated from these and turned to meaningless talk (1:6) | Heresy | 5 False asceticism (3:14-4:5) Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will turn away from the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and demonic instructions (4:1) |
| 2 Gratitude for mercy (1:12-20) by having faith and a good conscience. Some, by rejecting conscience, have made a shipwreck of their faith (1:19) | Conscience and faith | 4 Qualifications of bishops and deacons (3:1-13) holding fast to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience (3:9) |
| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 5 False asceticism (3:14-4:5) Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will turn away from the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and demonic instructions (4:1) | Giving up / keeping faith until the second coming | 9 The good fight of faith (6:11-21) to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ (6:14) |
| 6 A good minister of Jesus Christ (4:6-16) you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching you have followed (4:6) | Words and teachings | 8 False teaching and true riches (6:3-10) the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the religious teaching (6:3) |