From these some have drifted away, and have wandered into empty words.

and is not in accordance with the Good News of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

holding fast to faith and a clear conscience, which some have cast aside and have made shipwreck of their faith.

Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction)

So then I would have the men everywhere pray, lifting to God holy hands which are unstained with anger or strife;

and I would have the women dress becomingly, with modesty and self-control, not with plaited hair or gold or pearls or costly clothes,

I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.

Faithful is the saying, "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work."

(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)

For those who have filled the deacon's office wisely and well, are already gaining for themselves an honourable standing, and are acquiring great freedom of speech in proclaiming the faith which rests on Christ Jesus.

But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.

through the hypocrisy of men who teach falsely and have their own consciences seared as with a hot iron;

forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear knowledge of the truth.

If you warn the brethren of these dangers you will be a good and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, inwardly feeding on the lessons of the faith and of the sound teaching of which you have been, and are, so close a follower.

But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with.

and here is the motive of our toiling and wrestling, because we have our hopes fixed on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, and especially of believers.

She must have been true to her one husband, and well reported of for good deeds, as having brought up children, received strangers hospitably, washed the feet of God's people, given relief to the distressed, and devoted herself to good works of every kind.

I would therefore have the younger women marry, bear children, rule in domestic matters, and furnish the Adversary with no excuse for slander.

For already some of them have gone astray, following Satan.

And those who have believing masters should not be wanting in respect towards them because they are their brethren, but should serve them all the more willingly because those who profit by the faithful service rendered are believers and are friends.

and if we have food and clothing, with these we will be satisfied.

For from love of money all sorts of evils arise; and some have so hankered after money as to be led astray from the faith and be pierced through with countless sorrows.

of which some have spoken boastfully in connexion with the true faith, and have erred. Grace be with you all.