Yet for this very cause I obtained mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might display all his boundless patience as an illustration for those who should later believe in him, and so gain life eternal.

Deacons, likewise, must be serious, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain,

For already some widows have gone astray after Satan.

and wrangling between men whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth; who suppose that godliness is a source of gain.

for we have brought nothing into the world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out!

who alone possesses immortality, who dwells in light that none can approach, whom no man has ever seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.