It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,

Some individuals have wandered away from these things into empty arguments and useless discussions,

Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.

I am always thanking Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me strength for it, for thinking me trustworthy and putting me into the ministry,

having put me into the ministry, Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and a reviler; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

It is a saying to be trusted and deserves our fullest acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; and I am the foremost of them.

Now to the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, alone wise, to God is honor and glory into the ages of the ages. Truly.

whose will it is that all men should be saved, and come into full knowledge of the truth.

and it was not Adam who was deceived, but it was the woman who was utterly deceived and fell into transgression.

ruling well his own house, having his children in subjection with all dignity,??5 but if any one knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God???6 not a novice, lest being inflated with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

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

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the devil.

He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, or else he may incur reproach and fall into the devil's trap.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Practice and work hard on these things; be absorbed in them [completely occupied in your ministry], so that your progress will be evident to all.

whereas the widow who plunges into dissipation is dead before ever she dies.

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

But reject the younger widows; for when they fall into pleasure to the neglect of Christ, they wish to marry,

for which they are much to be condemn'd, because they violate the engagements they had before enter'd into:

And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.

Some men's sins, are, openly evident, leading on into judgment, with some, however, they even follow after;

All who are under the yoke as bond-servants (slaves) are to regard their own masters as worthy of honor and respect so that the name of God and the teaching [about Him] will not be spoken against.

For we bring nothing into the world and surely we can take nothing out of it.

But men who keep planning to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, hurtful desires which plunge people into destruction and ruin.

Contend earnestly the good contest of faith, take hold upon eternal life, into which thou wert also called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.