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1:1: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the
commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; |
1:2: Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. |
1:3: As I besought thee to abide still at |
1:4: Neither give heed to fables and endless
genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in
faith: so do. |
1:5: Now the end of the commandment is
charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith
unfeigned: |
1:6: From which some having swerved have
turned aside unto vain jangling; |
1:7: Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding
neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. |
1:8: But we know that the law is good, if a
man use it lawfully; |
1:9: Knowing this, that the law is not made
for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and
for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers
of mothers, for manslayers, |
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1:19: Holding faith, and a good conscience;
which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: |
1:20: Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander;
whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. |
2:1: I exhort therefore, that, first of all,
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all
men; |
2:2: For kings, and for all that are in
authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and
honesty. |
2:3: For this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our Saviour; |
2:4: Who will have all men to be saved, and
to come unto the knowledge of the truth. |
2:5: For there is one God, and one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; |
2:6: Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be
testified in due time. |
2:7: Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and
an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the
Gentiles in faith and verity. |
2:8: I will therefore that men pray every
where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. |
2:9: In like manner also, that women adorn
themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with
broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; |
2:10: But (which becometh women professing
godliness) with good works. |
2:11: Let the woman learn in silence with all
subjection. |
2:12: But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor
to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. |
2:13: For Adam was first formed, then Eve. |
2:14: And Adam was not deceived, but the
woman being deceived was in the transgression. |
2:15: Notwithstanding she shall be saved in
childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with
sobriety. |
3:1: This is a true saying, If a man desire
the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. |
3:2: A bishop then must be blameless, the
husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to
hospitality, apt to teach; |
3:3: Not given to wine, no striker, not
greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; |
3:4: One that ruleth well his own house,
having his children in subjection with all gravity; |
3:5: (For if a man know not how to rule his
own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) |
3:6: Not a novice, lest being lifted up with
pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. |
3:7: Moreover he must have a good report of
them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the
devil. |
3:8: Likewise must the deacons be grave, not
doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; |
3:9: Holding the mystery of the faith in a
pure conscience. |
3:10: And let these also first be proved;
then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. |
3:11: Even so must their wives be grave, not
slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. |
3:12: Let the deacons be the husbands of one
wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. |
3:13: For they that have used the office of a
deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the
faith which is in Christ Jesus. |
3:14: These things write I unto thee, hoping
to come unto thee shortly: |
3:15: But if I tarry long, that thou mayest
know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the
church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. |
3:16: And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world,
received up into glory. |
4:1: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that
in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils; |
4:2: Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their
conscience seared with a hot iron; |
4:3: Forbidding to marry, and commanding to
abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving
of them which believe and know the truth. |
4:4: For every creature of God is good, and
nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: |
4:5: For it is sanctified by the word of God
and prayer. |
4:6: If thou put the brethren in remembrance
of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up
in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. |
4:7: But refuse profane and old wives'
fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. |
4:8: For bodily exercise profiteth little:
but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that
now is, and of that which is to come. |
4:9: This is a faithful saying and worthy of
all acceptation. |
4:10: For therefore we both labour and suffer
reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men,
specially of those that believe. |
4:11: These things command and teach. |
4:12: Let no man despise thy youth; but be
thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in
spirit, in faith, in purity. |
4:13: Till I come, give attendance to
reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. |
4:14: Neglect not the gift that is in thee,
which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the
presbytery. |
4:15: Meditate upon these things; give
thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. |
4:16: Take heed unto thyself, and unto the
doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself,
and them that hear thee. |
5:1: Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as
a father; and the younger men as brethren; |
5:2: The elder women as mothers; the younger
as sisters, with all purity. |
5:3: Honour widows that are widows indeed. |
5:4: But if any widow have children or
nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their
parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. |
5:5: Now she that is a widow indeed, and
desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night
and day. |
5:6: But she that liveth in pleasure is dead
while she liveth. |
5:7: And these things give in charge, that
they may be blameless. |
5:8: But if any provide not for his own, and
specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse
than an infidel. |
5:9: Let not a widow be taken into the number
under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, |
5:10: Well reported of for good works; if she
have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed
the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently
followed every good work. |
5:11: But the younger widows refuse: for when
they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; |
5:12: Having damnation, because they have
cast off their first faith. |
5:13: And withal they learn to be idle,
wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and
busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. |
5:14: I will therefore that the younger women
marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to
speak reproachfully. |
5:15: For some are already turned aside after
Satan. |
5:16: If any man or woman that believeth have
widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may
relieve them that are widows indeed. |
5:17: Let the elders that rule well be
counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and
doctrine. |
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5:20: Them that sin rebuke before all, that
others also may fear. |
5:21: I charge thee before God, and the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without
preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. |
5:22: Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither
be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. |
5:23: Drink no longer water, but use a little
wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. |
5:24: Some men's sins are open beforehand,
going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. |
5:25: Likewise also the good works of some
are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. |
6:1: Let as many servants as are under the
yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and
his doctrine be not blasphemed. |
6:2: And they that have believing masters,
let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them
service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These
things teach and exhort. |
6:3: If any man teach otherwise, and consent
not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the
doctrine which is according to godliness; |
6:4: He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting
about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings,
evil surmisings, |
6:5: Perverse disputings of men of corrupt
minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from
such withdraw thyself. |
6:6: But godliness with contentment is great
gain. |
6:7: For we brought nothing into this world,
and it is certain we can carry nothing out. |
6:8: And having food and raiment let us be
therewith content. |
6:9: But they that will be rich fall into
temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown
men in destruction and perdition. |
6:10: For the love of money is the root of
all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many sorrows. |
6:11: But thou, O man of God, flee these things;
and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. |
6:12: Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold
on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses. |
6:13: I give thee charge in the sight of God,
who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate
witnessed a good confession; |
6:14: That thou keep this commandment without
spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: |
6:15: Which in his times he shall shew, who
is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; |
6:16: Who only hath immortality, dwelling in
the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see:
to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. |
6:17: Charge them that are rich in this
world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the
living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; |
6:18: That they do good, that they be rich in
good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; |
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