Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our Hope,

to Timotheus his lawful son in the faith: grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Whereas the aim of the Christian discipline is the love that springs from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from a sincere faith.

as laid down by that glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

To the King of eternity, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever: Amen.

I transmit these instructions to you, Timotheus my son, in accordance with what the prophets said who first directed me to you; fight the good fight on these lines,

keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. Certain individuals have scouted the good conscience and thus come to grief over their faith ??20 including Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have made over to Satan. That will teach them to stop their blasphemous ongoings!

it is good to pray thus, it is acceptable to our Saviour,

to the God who desires all men to be saved and to attain the knowledge of the Truth.

For "there is one God" and "one intermediary between God and men,

but with good deeds (as befits women who make a religious profession).

I allow no woman to teach or dictate to men, she must keep quiet.

However, women will get safely through childbirth if they continue to be faithful and loving and holy as well as unassuming.

(if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how is he to look after the church of God?);

also, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, in case he incurs slander and is trapped by the devil.

For those who do good service as deacons win a good position for themselves as well as great freedom in the faith of Christ Jesus.

in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.

through plausible sophists who are seared in conscience ??3 men who prohibit marriage and insist on abstinence from foods which God created for believing men, who understand the Truth, to partake of with thanksgiving.

Anything God has created is good, and nothing is to be tabooed ??provided it is eaten with thanksgiving,

Lay this before the brotherhood, and you will be an excellent minister of Christ Jesus, brought up on the truths of the faith and on the lessons of the good doctrine you have already followed.

that "we toil and strive because our hope is fixed upon the living God, the Saviour of all men" ??of believers in particular.

(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)

The really forlorn widow has her hope fixed on God, night and day she is at her prayers and supplications;

she must have a reputation for good service, as a woman who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved distress, and interested herself in all good works.

In the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels, I adjure you to be unprejudiced in carrying out these orders; be absolutely impartial.

Good works are equally conspicuous; and even when they are not, they cannot escape notice for ever.

Let all servants who are under the yoke of slavery remember that their masters are entitled to perfect respect ??otherwise it will be a scandal to the Name of God and to our doctrine.

Those who have Christian believers as their masters must not take liberties with them because they are brothers; they must be all the better servants because those who get the good of their service are believers and beloved. This is what you are to teach and preach.

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.

Shun that, O man of God, aim at integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, and suavity;

fight in the good fight of the faith, secure that life eternal to which you were called when you voiced the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

In the presence of God who is the Life of all, and of Christ Jesus who testified to the good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you

Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, and not to fix their hopes on so uncertain a thing as riches but on the living God who richly provides us with all the enjoyments of life;

tell them to be bountiful, rich in good works, open-handed and generous,

amassing right good treasure for themselves in the world to come, in order to secure the life which is life indeed.