Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:

But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.

For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;

I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,

I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,

To keep the word untouched by evil, clear from all shame, till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ: