ye are all children of the light, and of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Therefore let us not sleep like others, but let us watch and be sober:

for they, that sleep, sleep in the night; and drunkards are drunk in the night:

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

Quench not the Spirit.

Slight not prophesyings:

with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on those who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

we beseech you, brethren, that ye be not soon moved from your steadiness of mind, or troubled, neither by Spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, that the day of Christ is at hand.

Let not any one deceive you by any means; for it shall not come till there come an apostasy first, and the man of sin be revealed,

Do ye not remember, that when I was with you, I told you these things?

and wonders, and with all iniquitous fraud, among those that shall perish; because they received not the love of the truth, by which they might be saved.

that they may all be condemned, who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in iniquity.

and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all have not faith.

Now we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother who walketh disorderly, and not according to the instruction which he received from us.

For ye know how ye ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;

neither did we eat any one's bread for nothing; but with labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you.

Not that we have not power, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you to imitate us.

For when we were with you, we gave you this charge, if any will not work, neither let him eat.

But be not you, my brethren, discouraged from well-doing. And if any obey not our order,

by this epistle, mark such a one, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.

However do not look upon him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

As I exhorted thee to stay at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain persons not to teach other doctrine,

knowing this, that a law does not lie against a righteous person, but against the lawless and unruly, the impious and wicked, the unholy and profane,

of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle. I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not; I am a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

likewise that women dress themselves in decent apparel with modesty and prudence, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly garments;

Let the woman learn in silence with all submission: but I permit not a woman to teach,

And Adam was not seduced by the serpent, but the woman being led astray was first in the transgression.

hospitable, able to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain, moderate, not quarrelsome,

not covetous, governing his own family well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

(for if any one know not how to govern his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

not one newly converted, least being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

The deacons should likewise be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,

And their wives likewise grave, not slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Do not chide a senior, but exhort him as a father; and younger men as brethren:

Now she, that is really a widow and desolate, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he hath renounced the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Let not a widow be chosen into the number under sixty years old,

And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tatlers also and busy-bodies, talking of things unbecoming them.

And if any believer have relations widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve those that are indeed widows and desolate.

For the scripture saith, "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn:" and, "The workman is worthy of his hire."

Receive not an accusation against an elder, unless from two or three witnesses.

Lay hands on no man precipitately, and be not hereby a partaker in the sins of others. Keep thyself pure.

Let as many as are servants under the yoke account their own masters worthy of all honor; that the name of God and his doctrine may not be blasphemed:

and let not those who have believing masters, despise them, because they are brethren; but serve them more readily, because they are faithful and beloved by God, partakers of his grace.

These things teach and exhort. If any one teach otherwise, and adhere not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the doctrine which is according to godliness;

Charge them, that are rich in this world, not to be high-minded nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who richly affords us all things for enjoyment: charge them to do good,

I give thanks to God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience, having remembrance of thee continually in my prayers night and day;

For God hath not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but of vigor, and of love, and of prudence.

Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but bear thy part in the afflictions of the gospel, according to the power of God;

who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, and grace bestowed upon us through Christ Jesus, before the world was,

for which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed: for I know in whom I have trusted, and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him against that day.

The Lord shew mercy to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: but when he was at Rome,

And if any one contend in the public games, he gains not the crown unless he contend fairly.

for whose sake I suffer trouble even unto bonds, as if I were a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

These things remind them of, charging them before the Lord not to contend about words, which is profitable for nothing, and tends to the subversion of the hearers.

Endeavour to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, some for meaner uses.

but foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they produce quarrels; for the servant of the Lord ought not to wrangle,

with meekness instructing those of different sentiments, not knowing but God may give them repentance to the acknowledgement of the truth;

But they shall not proceed far: for their folly shall be evident to all, as theirs also was.

For the time will come, when they will not bear sound doctrine; but having itching ears, will heap up to themselves teachers after their own hearts:

As to what remains, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me in that day: and not to me only, but also to all those who have longed for his appearance.

In my first defence no one stood by me, but all men forsook me: God grant it may not be laid to their charge!

to wit, if any one be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of debauchery, or unruly.

For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain:

who subvert whole families, teaching what they ought not, for shameful gain:

not attending to Jewish fables, and the precepts of men who turn away from the truth.

the aged women likewise in behaviour as becometh saints, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

chaste, keepers at home, good, submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

not answering frowardly, not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit;

And let our brethren-also learn to excel in good works for necessary exigencies, that they may not be unfruitful.

But I would do nothing without thy knowledge, that thy kindness might not be as it were forced, but voluntary.

not now as a servant, but above a servant, a dear brother, especially to me, and how much more to thee both in the flesh and in the Lord.

I Paul have written it with my own hand, I will pay it: not to say that thou indeed owest even thy own self to me.

and as a mantle wilt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail."

Are they not all ministring spirits, sent forth to attend on those who shall be heirs of salvation?

For He hath not subjected to angels the world to come, of which we speak.

For in putting all things under Him, He left nothing which was not to be in subjection to Him: though we do not yet see all things subjected to Him.

since He that sanctifieth, and they that are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

For indeed He taketh not hold of angels to save them, but of the seed of Abraham.

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness, when your fathers tempted me,

wherefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, They are always erring in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

so I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest."

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." For some that heard did provoke; but not all that came out of Egypt with Moses.

But with whom was He provoked forty years? was it not with those that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

and to whom did He swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those that were disobedient?

and so we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

for we are graciously offered it, as they also were. But the word, which they heard, did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

For we who believe shall enter into rest, as He said above, "So I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest:" though the works of creation were finished from the foundation of the world:

And yet in this place, "They shall not enter into my rest."

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some are to enter into it, and they to whom it was at first offered did not enter because of their unbelief,

He appoints a certain day, called To-day, saying by David so long after, (as it is recorded) "To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts."

For if Joshua had given them the rest, He would not afterwards have spoken of another day.

for we have not an high-priest who cannot sympathize with our infirmities, but was in all respects tempted in like manner with us, yet without sin.

So also Christ did not glorify himself to be made an high-priest; but He that said unto Him, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

For whereas ye ought for the time to be teachers of others, ye have need again of some one to teach you the first rudiments of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk and not of solid food.

Wherefore omitting the discourse about the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us proceed to perfection: not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works,