nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: --

And I give thanks to him who enabled me -- Christ Jesus our Lord -- that he did reckon me stedfast, having put me to the ministration,

who did give himself a ransom for all -- the testimony in its own times --

not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

Ministrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

till I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching;

be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

and she who is given to luxury, living -- hath died;

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;