As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

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

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;