1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope.
2 To Timothy, my true child in faith. Grace, mercy and peace to you, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 Stay at Ephesus, just as I urged you to do when I was going into Macedonia, so that you might instruct certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
4 nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than Godly edification which is in faith.
5 The intended result of this instruction is love out of a pure heart, a good conscience and sincere faith.
6 From which things some having strayed have turned aside to idle talking;
7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they neither understand what they say, nor what they confidently affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,
9 since we know that law is not made for a righteous man but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. Paul's Conversion a Pattern for All
12 I thank him that enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service.
13 Though I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor and abusive. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14 And the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15 Faithful is the saying and worthy of all acceptance: That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as the chief sinner might Jesus Christ show all his patience as a pattern to those that would later believe in him to gain eternal life.
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen.
18 This charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, in accordance with the prophecies which were made about you, that by them you may war the good warfare.
19 Holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them, made shipwreck of their faith.
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
1 I urge therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all men;
2 for kings, and all that are in high place, that we may lead a calm and quiet life in all Godliness and dignity.
3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,
4 who would wish all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony made at the due time.
7 To this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 I therefore desire that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute.
9 In like manner, I urge that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with bashfulness and sobriety; not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly clothing,
10 but apparel which becomes women professing reverence towards God through good works.
11 Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection;
12 I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in submission.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve;
14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived fell into transgression.
15 But she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they continue in faith, love and sanctification with sobriety.
1 Faithful is the saying: If a man seeks the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober, orderly, given to hospitality, able to teach;
3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not argumentative, not covetous.
4 One who rules his own family well, having his children in submission with all reverence.
5 For if a man does not know how to rule his own family, how shall he take care of the church of God?
6 Not a new convert, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace or into a snare of the devil.
8 Likewise, deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money;
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let them first be tested. If they are found blameless, then let them serve as deacons.
11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
12 Let deacons be men of one woman, ruling their children and their own families well.
13 For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly.
15 But if I am delayed, I write so you may know how you ought to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 And without controversy, great is the mystery of reverence towards God: He who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen of angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, received up in glory.
1 But the Spirit says expressly, that in the last times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of the idol worshippers,
2 through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron.
3 Forbidding to marry, and to abstain from food- which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of God is good and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving.
5 For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
6 If you put the believers in mind of these things, you shall be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
7 But reject profane and old wives' fables, and exercise yourself with reverence towards God.
8 For bodily exercise is profitable for a little time; but reverence towards God is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which now is and of that which is to come.
9 Faithful is this saying and worthy of all acceptance.
10 For to this end we labour and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe.
11 These things command and teach.
12 Let no one despise your youth. Be an example to those that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
13 Until I come, give attention to reading, to preaching, to teaching.
14 Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given to you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
15 Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be manifest to all.
16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
1 Do not rebuke an elder but exhort him as a father. The younger men as brothers.
2 The elder women as mothers. The younger women as sisters, in all purity.
3 Honour widows that are indeed widows.
4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show devotion towards their own family and to repay their parents. For this is acceptable in the sight of God.
5 Now she that is indeed a widow and alone has her hope set on God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
6 But she that gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
7 These things also command, so that they may be without reproach.
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own family and specially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 Let no one be registered as a widow who is under sixty years old. Only register those who have been the woman of one man and
10 well reported of for good works; if she has brought up children, if she has used hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has helped the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
11 But refuse to register younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry,
12 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.
13 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
14 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for slander.
15 For already some are turned aside after satan.
16 If any woman that believes has widows in her family, let her help them and let not the church be burdened, so that it may help those that are indeed widows.
17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and in teaching.
18 For the scripture says: You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his wages.
19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.
20 Those elders that sin, reprove in the sight of all, so that the rest may also be in fear.
21 I charge you in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
22 Lay hands hastily on no one, and do not participate in other's sins. Keep yourself pure.
23 No longer drink only water; instead use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.
24 Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment; but those of others follow them there later.
25 Likewise, the good works of some are clearly evident, and those that are otherwise cannot be hidden.
1 Let all who are under a yoke as slaves regard their own masters as worthy of all honour, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.
2 And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brothers, but rather serve them because those whom they are serving are believers and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.
3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and consents not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which shows reverence towards God,
4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,
5 wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, who suppose that reverence towards God is a way of gain.
6 But reverence towards God with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out.
8 But having food and covering we shall be content.
9 But they that are intent on being rich fall into a temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and condemnation.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, which some, by seeking for, have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But you, O man of God, flee these material things and instead pursue after righteousness, reverence towards God, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12 Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the everlasting life, whereunto you were called and did confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
13 I urge you in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate made the good confession:
14 Keep the commandment without stain, without reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 In due time He shall reveal him, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
16 who only has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable. Whom no one has seen, nor can see. To whom be honour and power eternal. Amen.
17 Instruct those that are rich in this present world, that they are not proud, nor have their hope set on the uncertain riches; but instead on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
18 Let the rich do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed.
20 O Timothy, guard that which was committed to you, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of false knowledge,
21 which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you.