It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.

Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have turned over to Satan to be so disciplined that they will stop their abusive speech.

He should also have a good reputation among outsiders, lest he fall into reproach, and into a snare of the devil.

Undoubtedly the mystery of our religion is a great wonder: "He was made visible in human form; He was vindicated by the Spirit; He was seen by angels; He was proclaimed among the heathen; He was trusted in throughout the world; He was taken up to glory."

Think on these things--exist within these things--so that thy progress may be visible among all.

Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;

and perpetual friction between men who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who think that godliness is a source of profit [a lucrative, money-making business—withdraw from them].