1 Timothy 6:18 - Exposition

That they be ready for ready , A.V. Do good ( ἀγαθοεργεῖν ; here only, for the more common ἀγαθοποιεῖν ). That they be rich in good works ( 1 Timothy 5:10 , note); not merely in the perishing riches of this present world—the same sentiment as Matthew 6:19-21 ; Luke 12:33 and Luke 12:21 . Ready to distribute ( εὐμεταδότους ); here only in the New Testament, and rarely in later classical Greek. The opposite, "dose-handed," is δυσμετάδοτος The verb μεταδίδωμι means "to give to others a share or portion of what one has" ( Luke 3:11 ; Romans 1:11 ; Romans 12:8 ; Ephesians 4:28 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:8 ). Willing to communicate ( κοινωνίκους ); here only in the New Testament, but found in classical Greek in a slightly different sense. "Communicative" is the exact equivalent, though in this wider use it is obsolete. We have the same precept in Hebrews 13:16 , "To do good and to communicate forget not." (For κοινωνεῖν in the sense of "giving," see Romans 12:13 ; Galatians 6:6 ; Philippians 4:15 ; and for κοινωνία in the same sense, see Romans 15:26 ; 2 Corinthians 9:13 ; Hebrews 13:16 .)