PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope,

nor attend to myths or interminable genealogies, which occasion disputes rather than a dispensation of God by faith, [do.]

desiring to be teachers of the law, not understanding what they say nor about what they make confident assertions.

And to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever; amen.

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before concerning you, that by them you may perform an honorable service,

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings should be offered for all men,

who wishes all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of truth.

but I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have authority over a man, but to be quiet.

but she shall be saved through child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.

It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,

The deacons in like manner ought to be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not devoted to base gain,

And let these be proved first, then let them serve, being found blameless.

The women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, circumspect, faithful in all things.

Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling well their children and their own houses.

And confessedly great is the mystery of piety; [Christ,] who was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen by angels, was preached to the nations, was believed on in the world, was received up into glory.

[misled] by the hypocrisy of false teachers, whose consciences are cauterized,

who forbid to marry, [command] to abstain from meat, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and those who know the truth.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, [but] to be received with thanksgiving;

Suggesting these things to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and the good instruction which you have followed;

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the faithful, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Neglect not the gift which is in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the imposition of hands of the eldership.

Study these things, be much in them, that your improvement may be manifest to all.

And command these things, that they be blameless.

Let not a widow be enrolled under sixty years of age, a wife of one husband,

If any faithful man or faithful woman has widows, let them give them relief, and let not the church be burdened, that it may be able to relieve those really widows.

Let the elders who rule well be accounted worthy of a double compensation, especially those who labor in word and teaching.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, except by two or three witnesses.

in like manner also good works are manifest, and those which are otherwise cannot be hid.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke account their masters worthy of all honor, that the name and doctrine of God may not be blasphemed.

but having food and clothing let us be contented with them.

But those who wish to be rich fall into trial and a snare, and many foolish and injurious desires, which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

who only has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no man has seen nor can see; to whom be honor and power eternal; amen.

Charge the rich in the present life not to be high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God who gives us all things richly to enjoy,

to perform good works, to be rich in good works, to be liberal, benevolent,

which some having professed have erred from the faith. The grace be with you.