Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by order of God our Savior and of Jesus Christ our hope,

to Timothy, my true child in faith; God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord bless you and be merciful to you, and give you peace.

The aim of your instruction must be love that springs from a pure heart and from a good conscience and from a sincere faith.

They would like to be teachers of law although they do not understand the words they use or the matters they insist upon.

To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the one God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

like Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I turned over to Satan, to be taught not to blaspheme.

First of all, then, I urge that entreaties, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for all men,

who wants all men to be saved and to come to know the truth.

Women for their part are to dress modestly and sensibly in proper clothes, not adorning themselves by braiding their hair or with gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

but, as is appropriate for women who profess to be religious, with good actions.

Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive.

But they will be saved through motherhood, if they continue to have faith and to be loving and holy, and sensible as well.

A superintendent must be a man above reproach, only once married, temperate, sensible, a man of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

He must not be a new convert, or he may grow conceited and incur criticism from slanderous people.

He must also be a man of good standing with outsiders, or he may get into disgrace and be entrapped by the slanderers.

Assistants, in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain,

They should first be tested, and afterward, if there is no fault to be found with them, they can serve as assistants.

Their wives too must be serious, not gossips; they must be temperate, and perfectly trustworthy.

The assistants must be only once married, and manage their children and their households well.

No one can deny the profundity of the divine truth of our religion! "He was revealed in flesh, He was vindicated by the Spirit, He was seen by the angels, He was proclaimed among the heathen, He was believed in throughout the world, He was taken up into glory."

For everything God has created is good, and nothing need be refused, provided it is accepted with thanksgiving,

for then it is consecrated by prayer and the Scripture used in it.

If you point this out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, living on the principles of the faith and the excellent teaching you have had.

Insist upon these points, so that people may be irreproachable.

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

Besides, as they go about from house to house they learn to be idle, and not only idle but gossips and busybodies, and talk of things they ought not to mention.

Elders who do their duties well should be considered as deserving twice as much as they get, particularly those who work at preaching and teaching.

Do not listen to an accusation made against an elder, unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.

I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels to observe these rules without any discrimination, and to be perfectly impartial.

Good deeds too are evident enough, or when they are not, they cannot be wholly concealed.

All who are under the yoke of slavery must treat their masters with the greatest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused.

Those who have Christian masters must not think lightly of them because they are brothers; they must serve them all the more faithfully, because those who benefit by it are believers and hence dear to them. These are the things you must teach and preach.

If we have food and clothing we will be satisfied.

which will be brought about in his own time by the blessed, only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Charge the rich of this world not to be arrogant, nor to set their hopes on such an uncertain thing as riches, but on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

Charge them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, open-handed and generous,