according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been intrusted to me.

who gave himself a ransom for all, of which the testimony has been given in its proper times,

to give which testimony I have been appointed a preacher and an apostle; (I speak the truth, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faithfulness and in truth.

Let a widow be put on the list, if she is not under sixty years, having been the wife of one man,

Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold on eternal life, to which you have been called, and for which you confessed the good confession before many witnesses.