Paul warns Timothy against materialism and teaches, "Godliness with contentment is great gain." Paul gives a word of exhortation for the rich: Do you possess the wealth or does the wealth possess you? Between the first appearing of Christ when salvation came and the second appearing when Christ returns, there is the appearing of God through you and through me, His peculiar people. The emphasis of Paul’s letter to Titus is that godly oversight means godly overseers.
