knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and for scorners, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for man-slayers,

for lewd persons, for sodomites, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and for whatever other thing is opposed to sound teaching,

me, I say, who before was a reviler and a persecutor and an overbearing man. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief:

I exhort, therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,

who is willing that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

I will, therefore, that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands without wrath and disputation.

I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;

for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?

The deacons, likewise, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not makers of money by base means,

for to this end we both labor, and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Do not rebuke an elderly man, but entreat him as a father; the younger men, as brothers:

Let a widow be put on the list, if she is not under sixty years, having been the wife of one man,

I will, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, man age the house, and thus give no occasion to the adversaries to speak reproachfully.

If any believing man or woman has widows, let him or her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are widows indeed.

Receive not an accusation against an old man, unless before two or three witnesses.

Lay hands hastily on no man, nor be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.

Some men's sins are manifest beforehand, going before to judgment. Some persons, however, they follow after.

and wranglings, on the part of men who are corrupt in mind, and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a source of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

But those who will be rich fail into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful desires, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evil; through the desire of which, some have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But do you, man of God, shun these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, patience, meekness.

who alone has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no man has seen, nor can see, tn whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.