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

who gave himself a ransom for all, a testimony for its own times,

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

For they who exercise the deaconship well, procure for themselves an honorable standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, [but] to be received with thanksgiving;

for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

for bodily exercise profits little; but piety is profitable in all things, having a promise of the present life and of the life to come.

For to this end we also labor and suffer reproach, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.

Attend to yourself, and to teaching; continue in it, for doing this you will both save yourself and those that hear you.

But if any widow has children or relatives, let them learn first to support their family and to make returns to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

And if any one provides not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

well reputed for good works, if she has brought up children, if she has exercised hospitality, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the distressed, if she has pursued every good work.

But reject the younger widows; for when they fall into pleasure to the neglect of Christ, they wish to marry,

for some have already turned back after Satan.

For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle the ox that threshes; and, The laborer is worthy of his reward.

Those that sin, rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

he is blinded and knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of words, from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil suspicions,

For we brought nothing into the world; it is clear that we can carry nothing out of it;

For the love of money is a root of all evils, which some having desired have been misled from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold on the true life.

For which cause I admonish you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the imposition of my hands.

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

for which cause I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep my trust to that day.

May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains,

Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give you understanding in all things.

Therefore I endure all things for the elect, that they may obtain the salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

The saying is true, For if we died together we shall live together;

if we believe not he continues faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

But profane and vain words, avoid; for they greatly increase impiety,

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but those also of wood and clay, and some for honor and some for dishonor;

if therefore any one purifies himself from these [errors], he shall be a vessel for honor, sanctified, of good use to the master, prepared for every good work.

But they shall proceed no further; for their foolishness shall become manifest to all, as theirs also was.

All Scripture is divinely inspired and is profitable for instruction, for conviction, for correction, for education in righteousnes,

that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly fitted for every good work.

for the time will come when they will not endure sound instruction, but will accumulate for themselves teachers according to their desires, pleasing their ear,

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in that day, and not me only but all who love his appearing.

for Demas forsook me having loved the present life and went to Thessalonica, Cresces to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia;

Luke only is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you; for [he will be] useful to me for service.

And do you beware of him, for he greatly opposed our words.

for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,

but manifested his word in the times which were suitable for it by the preaching with which I was intrusted, according to the command of our Saviour God,

For this cause I left you in Crete, that you might regulate things which are deficient, and appoint elders in every city, as I charged you,

For a bishop must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, not given to wine, not contentious, not devoted to base gain,

For there are many disorderly wranglers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

whom it is necessary to silence, who mislead whole families, teaching for base gain what they ought not.

For the grace of God that pertains to salvation appeared to all men,

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ,

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all wickedness, and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Admonish them to be subject to principalities, to powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work,

For we formerly were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, and hating one another;

The word is true, and I wish you to insist strongly concerning these things, that those who have believed in God may be careful to maintain good works. For these things are honorable and useful to men.

But foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes and contentions about the law, avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.

When I send you Artemas, or Tychicus, make haste to come to me at Nicopolis; for there I have determined to spend the winter.

and let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary purposes, that they may not be unfruitful.

hearing of your love and faith which you have for the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,

For I have great joy and comfort in your love, because the saints are refreshed by you, brother.

I request you for my son Onesimus, whom I obtained in my bonds,

whom I should like to retain for myself, that he might serve me for you in the bonds of the gospel,

for perhaps he has been separated from you for a time that you may have him back forever,

But at the same time also prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be given to you.

For to which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, to-day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son?

And of the angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire;

For if the word spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense,

For he did not subject to angels the world to come, of which we speak.

thou didst subject all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subjected to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

But we see Jesus, made a little less than angels, on account of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste death for every [man].

For it became him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, to perfect by sufferings the prince of their salvation, bringing many sons to glory.

For both he that sanctifies and the sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

and liberate those who all their life were subjects of servitude to the fear of death.

For indeed he helped not angels, but he helped the descendants of Abraham.

Whence he ought in all things to be assimilated to the brothers, that he may be a merciful and faithful chief priest as to things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

For because he has himself suffered, having been tried, he is able to help the tried.

For this man is judged worthy of more glory than Moses, as much as he has more honor than the house [tabernacle] which he built.

For every house is built by some one; but he that built all things is God.

And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of things to be spoken;

for we have been made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of the confidence firm to the end.

for who having heard committed provocation? Did not all indeed who came out of Egypt with Moses?

Let us fear, therefore, lest at any time a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to come short.

For we have also received the good news as they did; but the word of the report did not profit them, not being accompanied with faith in those who heard.

For we enter into the rest who believed, as he said, I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest, although of works made from the foundation of the world.

For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day, thus; And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

For if Joshua caused them to rest he would not have spoken of another day afterwards.

Therefore a sabbatism remains for the people of God.

For he [Christ] who entered into his rest, also himself rested from his works, as God from his.

For the word of God is living, and effective, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and reaching even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrows, and distinguishes thoughts and intentions of mind;

and there is nothing which is not manifest in his sight; for all things are naked and exposed to his eyes, to whom our discourse relates.

For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.

Let us therefore approach with boldness the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace for timely aid.

For every chief priest taken from men is appointed in behalf of men over things relating to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins,

and as for the people, so also for himself, he is obliged to present offerings for sins.

as also in another place he says, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Who in the days of his flesh having offered both prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, with loud cries and tears, [and being heard and delivered] from fear,??8 although he was a Son, learned obedience from what he suffered,

For you who ought on account of the time to be teachers, have need that one should teach you again what are the first rudiments of the oracles of God, and have need of milk and not solid food.

For every one that partakes of milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe;

but solid food is for the perfect, having their perceptive faculties exercised by practice to distinguish both good and evil.

For those once enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

For God is not unjust, to forget your work, and the love which you showed for his name, having served the saints and [still] serving them.

For God haying promised Abraham, when he could not swear by a greater, swore by himself,

For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all dispute;