Here’s a readers’ theatre setting of 1 Timothy 6:
6-19. It is set for two voices.
Readers’
Theatre:
(1 Timothy 6: 6-19)
True
godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.
After
all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world,
and
we can’t take anything with us when we leave it.
So
if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.
But people who long
to be rich fall into temptation
and are trapped by
many foolish and harmful desires
that plunge them into
ruin and destruction.
For
the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.
And some people,
craving money,
have wandered from
the true faith
and pierced
themselves with many sorrows.
But
you, Timothy, are a man of God;
so
run from all these evil things.
Pursue righteousness
and a godly life,
along with faith,
love, perseverance, and gentleness.
Fight
the good fight for the true faith.
Hold tightly to the
eternal life to which God has called you,
which you have
confessed so well before many witnesses.
And
I charge you before God, who gives life to all,
and
before Christ Jesus,
who
gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate,
that
you obey this command without wavering.
Then no one can find
fault with you
from now until our
Lord Jesus Christ comes again.
For
at just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven
by
the blessed and only almighty God,
the
King of all kings and Lord of all lords.
He alone can never
die,
and he lives in light
so brilliant that no human can approach him.
No
human eye has ever seen him, nor ever will.
All honor and power
to him forever! Amen.
Teach
those who are rich in this world
not
to be proud and not to trust in their money,
which is so
unreliable.
Their
trust should be in God,
who
richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.
Tell them to use
their money to do good.
They
should be rich in good works and generous to those in need,
always
being ready to share with others.
By doing this they
will be storing up their treasure
as a good foundation
for the future
so that they may
experience true life.
