Some people have failed in these things and been diverted into fruitless talk.

as set forth in the glorious good news of the blessed God with which I have been intrusted.

and the blessing of our Lord has been given me in the greatest abundance, together with faith and love that union with Christ Jesus brings.

No one under sixty years of age should be put on the list of widows. A widow must have been married but once,

Timothy, guard what has been intrusted to you. Keep away from the worldly, empty phrases and contradictions of what they falsely call knowledge,