As I asked you to do when I was on my way to Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus in order to warn certain people there not to teach strange views

Do not neglect the gift you have, that was given you with predictions of your work, when the elders laid their hands upon you.

Do not put young women on the list of widows, for when their youthful vigor comes between them and Christ, they want to marry,

For the Scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain," and the workman deserves his wages.

Good deeds too are evident enough, or when they are not, they cannot be wholly concealed.

Enter the great contest of faith! Take hold of eternal life, to which God called you, when before many witnesses you made the great profession of faith.