nor to attend to fables and endless genealogies, which give occasion to disputes rather than godly edification, which is by faith; [so do].

from which some, having swerved, have turned aside to vain babbling;

for whoremongers, for sodomites, for stealers of men, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing which is contrary to sound doctrine,

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been put in trust.

but the grace of our Lord hath exceedingly abounded with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus.

This commandment, son Timothy, I give thee, according to the prophecies which were before delivered concerning thee, that by them thou mightest war a good warfare;

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having renounced, as touching the faith, have been shipwrecked:

of which I am ordained a preacher and apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

For they who discharge the office of a deacon with propriety, acquire to themselves a respectable station [in the church], and great boldness in the faith which is in Jesus Christ.

but should I be delayed, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the pedestal of truth.

prohibiting marriage, and enjoining abstinence from particular meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and those who acknowledge the truth.

For bodily exercise is of little advantage, but godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

Neglect not the gift which is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the presbytery.

If any man teach another doctrine, and attend not to the sound words, which are those of Jesus Christ our Lord, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

For they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful passions, which sink men in the abyss of destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evils, which some coveting, have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Strain every nerve in the noble conflict of faith, lay fast hold on eternal life, unto which also thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

which in his own appointed times he will shew forth, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

which some affecting have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee.??men.