and the attention they bestow on mere fables and endless pedigrees, such as lead to controversy rather than to a true stewardship for God, which only exists where there is faith. And I make the same request now.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

For there is [only] one God, and [only] one Mediator between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus,

Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of [only] one wife, sober-minded [Note: When this word, used here figuratively, is used in its literal sense, it means to abstain from intoxicating drinks], sensible, respectable, hospitable, capable of teaching.

They should be tested first, and only appointed to their Office if no objection is raised against them.

Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.

For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.

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

for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.

Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.

Some people's sins are notorious and call for judgment, but in some cases sin only comes out afterwards.

He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,

and incessant wrangling on the part of these corrupt-minded people who have lost all hold on the Truth, and who think of religion only as a source of gain.

to keep your commission free from stain, free from reproach, till the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ ??15 which will be brought about in due time by that blessed and only Sovereign, King of kings and Lord of lords,

Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

storing up for themselves what in the future will prove to be a good foundation, that they may gain the only true Life.