Who gave himself a ransom for all, this to be a testimony at the proper time.

For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.)

In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.

This saying is trustworthy: “If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work.”

Now an overseer must be blameless and beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or love money.

he should be a man who rules his own household well, and whose children are kept under control and are well-behaved.

and He must not be a new convert, so that he will not [behave stupidly and] become conceited [by appointment to this high office] and fall into the [same] condemnation incurred by the devil [for his arrogance and pride].

He must also be a man of good standing with outsiders, or he may get into disgrace and be entrapped by the slanderers.

and the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron.

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

But if any man or woman who believes hath widows their relations, let him provide for them, and let not the church be burdened; that there may be a sufficiency for the real widows.

Those who persist in sin reprove in the presence of all, so that it may also be a warning to the rest.

Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.

(No longer be a water-drinker; but take a little wine for the sake of your digestion and your frequent ailments.)

Let all servants who are under the yoke of slavery remember that their masters are entitled to perfect respect ??otherwise it will be a scandal to the Name of God and to our doctrine.

constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.

But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

storing up for themselves that which shall be a solid foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of the Life which is life indeed.