nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than further God's dispensation, which is in faith.

who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God's purpose at his appointed time.

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.

And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.

For everything in God's creation is good, and nothing is to be refused, provided it is accepted with thanksgiving;

for it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing him.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.

She must have been true to her one husband, and well reported of for good deeds, as having brought up children, received strangers hospitably, washed the feet of God's people, given relief to the distressed, and devoted herself to good works of every kind.

I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.

that you keep God's commandments stainlessly and without reproach till the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

which some people have claimed [to have], and in doing so have strayed from the faith. May [God's] unearned favor be upon you.