1 Tim. 6:13-16 - Jesus is the One

13 I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,
14 to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ
15 - whose appearing the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will reveal at the right time.
16 He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

Obey This Command

Vs. 13: - “I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,”

"charge you before God" - This is the second time Paul has used this exhortation in this letter. (See: 1 Tim. 5:21). The charge is similar to "As God is my witness..." or, “ Your mission, should you choose to accept it... “ However, this instruction does not self-destruct; it is always with us. You do not answer to your pastor or the elders or the missions committee. No, you are being sent by God. God, who spoke the universe into existence. God who gave Himself to save you from your sin. Jesus Christ, who stood before the most powerful ruling authority on earth and did not back down, stating plainly His mission here on earth.

"Christ Jesus... good confession" - See: Mark 15:2 Pilate questioned Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him, "It is as you say." And: Luke 23:3; Matt. 27:11; John 18:37 "Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

Vs. 14: - “to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ”

"obey this command" - The basic sentence in verses 13 and 14 is as follows: "I charge you to obey this command until Christ returns." All the rest is window dressing. Important window dressing, but still descriptive phrases that only add to the main thought.

Okay, which command is Timothy exhorted to keep? 1 Tim. 6:12, or 11?
There are commands throughout this letter, see: 1 Tim. 2:8; 4:7, 14, 16; 5:11, 19, 22.
I am confident the command to be kept is: fight the good fight and lay hold of the faith. (Yup. That's two commands. In one sentence.)

Vs. 15: - “whose appearing the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will reveal at the right time.”

"whose appearing... the King... will reveal at the right time." - Grab and hold onto your faith in Jesus until He returns. No, we don't know when that will happen. Only One knows. He will make it happen when He decides the time is right. Just as the first appearing happened when it was appropriate. Gal. 4:4. See Matt. 24:36; Mark 13:32 "But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone", and Luke 10:22. Since we don't know, we must always be prepared to meet the Lord. See Matt. 24:44 "For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will." Also: Luke 12:40.

Vs. 16: - “He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.”

"He alone" - This verse is really a stand-alone verse - a hymn of praise to Jesus our Lord. "Worthy art thou our Lord and our God to receive glory, honor and power. For Thou have created all things, and by thy will they did exist and were created." Rev. 4:11. See also 1 Tim. 1:17; 1 Cor. 15:53-54; 2 Tim. 1:10.

“Light” - See: Col. 1:13; John 1:4-5, 8:12, 2 Cor. 4:6; 2 Tim.1:10; 1 Pet. 2:9; 1 John 1:5; Jam. 1:17.

“unapproachable light, whom no man has seen” - No one (human) has seen God in all his glory. See: John 1:8; 1 John 4:12. Remember, Moses asked God to look upon His glory. Moses spent more time with God than almost any other human, before or sense. He wanted to see who he was talking with. God denies the request in order to spare Moses. Exo. 33:17-23. But, we will! We will see God face to face. See: 1 John 3:2-3; Rev. 7:17, 21:4, 22;4-5.