I know well that "the Law is good" if a man use it lawfully;

but he must remember that the Law is not enacted for a good man, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the irreligious and sinful, for the godless and profane, for parricides and murderers,

First of all then, I am urging that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered regularly for all men;

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

For God is one; and one is mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus,

My wish, then, is that in every place the men should offer prayer, lifting up holy hands, free from anger and disputation;

I allow no woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man; but let her keep quiet.

This is a faithful saying, "If any man is seeking the office of a minister he is aspiring to a noble task."

The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;

no drinker or brawler; but forbearing, peaceable, and no money-lover;

he should be a man who rules his own household well, and keeps his children ever under control and thoroughly well behaved.

For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?

Let deacons be the husband of but one wife, men who rule their children and their household properly.

speaking lies in hypocrisy. These are men whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,

"We toil and agonize because our hopes are set on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all men,??f believers in particular.

Do not reprimand an aged man, but continue pleading with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,

I charge you solemnly in the presence of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice against any man, and do nothing out of partiality.

Some men's sins are notorious, and lead them straight on the way to condemnation; but others' sins follow them up.

and wrangling between men whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth; who suppose that godliness is a source of gain.

Those who desire to be rich fall into the snares of temptation and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eager desire to be rich some have been led astray form the faith, and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.

who alone possesses immortality, who dwells in light that none can approach, whom no man has ever seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.