I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.

Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior,

Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.

Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.

The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later.

I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,