For this reason, also, we thank God without ceasing; be cause, when you received the word of God, as preached by us, you embraced it, not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe.

For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for you, also, have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, that they have suffered from the Jews,

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men,

Wherefore, being no longer able to contain ourselves, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

and we sent Timothy our brother and minister of God in the gospel of the Christ, in order that he might strengthen and comfort you with respect to your faith,

But now, since Timothy has come to us from you, and has told us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us at all times, greatly desiring to see us, as indeed we desire to see you,

For what thanks can we render to God for you, for the great joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,

Now, may God himself, even our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

in order that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness, in the presence of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you, by our Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you keep yourselves from lewdness;

not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles do, who know not God;

for God has not called us for uncleanness, but for holiness.

Therefore, he that despises, despises not man, but God, who has given us his Holy Spirit.

But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also should we believe that God will, through Jesus, bring with him those who sleep.

for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall arise first;

for God has not appointed us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

See that no one render evil for evil to any, but always pursue that which is good toward one another and toward all.

in every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

PAUL and Sylvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ:

grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is right, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds:

so that we ourselves glory in you, among the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure;

which endurance, of yours is a proof of the righteous judgment of God, in order that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you suffer:

since, indeed, it is a righteous thing with God, to repay affliction to those who afflict you,

in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ;

In order to which, we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of this calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power,

that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

who opposes and exalts himself above every one that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, openly showing him self that he is God.

And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, in order that they may believe a lie,

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God did, from the beginning, choose you to salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and given us eternal consolation and good hope through grace,

comfort your hearts, and strengthen you in every good word and work.

And the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the patience of the Christ.

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the appointment of God our Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

to Timothy, my true son in the faith; grace, mercy, peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

(Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and out of a good conscience, and out of faith unfeigned:

But we know that the law is good, if any one use it lawfully;

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been intrusted to me.

Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, be honor and glory from age to age. Amen.)

This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, in accordance with the preceding prophecies concerning you, that by them you may war the good warfare,

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them, as it respects faith have made shipwreck; of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander,

for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and gravity.

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

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

but with good works; since this becomes women who profess godliness.

This is a true saying: If any desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.

for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?

Further, he must have a good reputation from those who are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

For those who have filled the office of a deacon well, gain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.

who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe, and know the truth.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving;

for it is sanctified by the word of God, and by prayer.

By recommending these things to the attention of the brethren, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished with the words of the faith, and of good teaching, which you have fully known.

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

But if any widow has children or grand-children, let them learn first to be dutiful to their own family, and to requite their parents; for that is good and acceptable in the sight of God.

But she that is a widow indeed, and left alone, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

having a good reputation for good works; if she has borne children, if she has entertained strangers, if she has washed the saints feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, and that you do nothing by partiality.

Like wise, also, the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and those which are otherwise can not be concealed.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God, and his teaching, be not reviled.

But do you, man of God, shun these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, patience, meekness.

Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold on eternal life, to which you have been called, and for which you confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

I charge you, in the sight of God, who makes all things alive, and before Christ Jesus, who, before Pontius Pilate, confessed a good confession,

Charge those who are rich in this age, that they be not proud, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us all things richly for our enjoyment,

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, liberal,

treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promise of life, which is in Christ Jesus,

to Timothy my beloved son; grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, after the custom of my forefathers, that, without ceasing, I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day,

Wherefore I exhort you to kindle up the gift of God that is in you by the laying on of my hands.

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Be not, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner: but jointly suffer evil in the gospel according to the power of God,

That good thing which was intrusted to you, keep by the Holy Spirit that dwells in us.

Do you, there fore, suffer evil, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

in which I suffer evil, as an evil-doer, even to bonds: but the word of God is not bound.

Strive to present yourself to God as approved, a workman that has no cause to be ashamed, rightly setting forth the word of truth.

But the foundation of God stands firm, having this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his; and, Let every one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

If, therefore, any one will cleanse him self from these strifes about words, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, highly useful to the master, prepared for every good work.

in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth,

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, haters of those who are good,

traitors, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God,

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished for every good work.

I charge you, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom,

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:

PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages,

but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me ac cording to the commandment of God our Savior;

to Titus, my true son, according to the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

For the bishop must be blame less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.

that the aged women likewise be, in deportment, as it becomes holy women, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things,

to be discreet, chaste, fond of home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not reviled.

in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity,

not stealing, but showing all good faithfulness, that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things.