Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brethren;

Now she that is a widow indeed and desolate, trusteth 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 denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.

Let not a widow be chosen under threescore years old,

And withal they learn to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers and busy bodies, speaking what they ought not.

If any believing man or woman hath widows, let them relieve them; and let not the church be burthened, that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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

Against an elder receive not an accusation, unless by two or three witnesses.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them a service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

If any teach otherwise, and consent not to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is after godliness,

Charge the rich in this world not to be high-minded, neither to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy:

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that I have remembrance of thee in my prayers without ceasing night and day,

For God hath not given us the Spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and sobriety.

Therefore be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel, according to the power of God, Who hath saved and called us with an holy calling,

not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began;

For which cause also I suffer these things: yet I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have trusted, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him, until that day.

The Lord give mercy to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

And if a man strive, he is not crowned, unless he strive lawfully.

as an evil-doer, but the word of God is not bound.

if we deny him, he will also deny us: If we believe not, he remaineth faithful; he cannot deny himself.

Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord, not to strive about words, to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

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

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of stone; and some to honour, some to dishonour.

And a servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle toward all men,

For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but will heap to themselves teachers, according to their own desires, having itching ears.

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous judge will render me in that day, and not to me only, but to all them likewise that have loved his appearing.

At my first defence no man was with me, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their charge?

If a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of luxury 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 desirous of filthy gain:

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of filthy gain.

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

That the aged women in like manner, be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things:

to love their chidren, Discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

not answering again, Not stealing, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may in all things adorn the gospel of God our Saviour.

To speak evil of no man, not to be quarrelsome, to be gentle, shewing all meekness toward all men.

Not by works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.

And let ours also learn to excell in good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

But I would do nothing without thy consent; that thy good deed might not be, as it were, by constraint, but willingly.

I Paul have written with my own hand; I will repay it; not to say unto thee, that thou owest also thyself to me besides.

And as a vesture shalt thou change them, 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 serve for them who shall inherit salvation?

For he hath not subjected to the angels the world to come, whereof we speak.

Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. Now in putting all things in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him: but now we do not yet see all things put under him.

For both he that sanctifieth, and all they that are sanctified, are of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Saying, I will declare thy name to my brethren;

For verily he taketh not hold of angels, but he taketh hold of the seed of Abraham.

if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

Therefore I was grieved with that generation and said, They always err in their hearts, and they have not know my ways.

So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end) While it is said; To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Were they not all that came out of Egypt by Moses? And with whom was he grieved forty years? Was it not with them who had sinned?

Whose carcases fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he, that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

So we see, they could not enter in, because of unbelief.

For unto us hath the gospel been preached as well as unto them; but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixt with faith in those that heard it.

For we that have believed, do enter into the rest; as he said, I have sworn in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest, though the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For he saith thus in a certain place, of the seventh day, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works: And in this again, They shall not enter into my rest.

entered not in because of unbelief, He again, after so long a time, fixeth a certain day, saying by David, To-day; as it was said before, To day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

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

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

let us hold fast our profession, For we have not an high-priest who cannot sympathize with our infirmities, but who was in all points tempted like as we are: yet without sin.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest, but he that said to him, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again, which are the first principles of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat.

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works,

For God is not unrighteous, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and long suffering inherited the promises.

But he whose pedigree is not from them, took tythes of Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises:

If then perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law) what farther need was there that another priest should rise, after the order of Melchisedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

And it is still far more evident, because another priest is raised up, after the likeness of Melchidek, Who was made not after the law of a carnal commandment,

And in as much as not without an oath he was made priest: (For those priests were made without an oath,

but this with an oath, by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedek:)

But this, because he continueth for ever, hath a priesthood that passeth not away.

Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, then for those of the people: for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.

A minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath fixed and not man.

For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, there being priests that offer gifts, according to the law,

Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

And they shall not teach every one his neighbour, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least to the greatest.

But into the second, only the high-priest once a year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself and the errors of the people:

The Holy Ghost evidently shewing this, that the way into the holiest was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was still subsisting,

Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, which could not perfect the worshiper as to his conscience,

not made with hands, that is, not of this building, And not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

For Christ did not enter into the holy place made with hands, the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices which they offer year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect.

Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers, having been once purged, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

Therefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou hast not chosen, but a body hast thou prepared for me.

Burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast not delighted in.

Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering, and burnt-offerings and offering for sin thou hast not chosen, neither delighted in, which are offered by the law:

Not forsaking the assembling ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another, and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

For yet a little while, and he that cometh will come and will not tarry.

But we are not of them who draw back to perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Now faith is the subsistence of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were made of things which do not appear.

By faith Enoch was translated so as not to see death, and was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his houshold, by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

By faith Abraham, being called to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, obeyed and went out, not knowing whither he went.

All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and embraced them, and confest that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

But they now desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared a city for them.

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months, by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing him that is invisible.