For it is God's will that you be sanctified: You must abstain from sexual immorality.

Each of you must know how to control his own body in a holy and honorable manner,

Furthermore, you must never take advantage of or exploit a brother in this regard, because the Lord avenges all these things, just as we already told you and warned you.

But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, about those who are falling asleep. You must not sorrow like other men, who have no hope.

for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we must believe that God by Jesus will raise the dead, and assemble them with him.

So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.

But since we belong to the day, let's be sober. We must put on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

We must always thank God for you, brothers. This is right, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.

For truly God's justice must render back trouble to those who are troubling you,

You must not let anyone deceive you at all. For that is not until the rebellion takes place and the embodiment of disobedience makes his appearance??e who is doomed to destruction,

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

For you yourselves know what you must do to imitate us. We never lived in idleness among you.

For when I was with you, I gave you this direction, "If a person refuses to work, he must not be allowed to eat."

but we command such and exhort them in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietude working, they must eat their own bread.

But you, brothers, must never grow tired of doing right.

You must not regard him as an enemy but warn him as a brother.

The aim of your instruction must be love that springs from a pure heart and from a good conscience and from a sincere faith.

but he must remember that the Law is not enacted for a good man, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the irreligious and sinful, for the godless and profane, for parricides and murderers,

To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

who gave himself as a ransom on behalf of all men. This must be our testimony, as opportunities present themselves;

Now I want the men to offer prayer at any meeting of the church; and let the hands they lift to heaven be holy ??they must be free from anger and dissension.

Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

A married woman must learn in quiet and in perfect submission.

I do not permit a married woman to practice teaching or domineering over a husband; she must keep quiet.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

He must not drink excessively or be a violent person, but instead be gentle. He must not be argumentative or love money.

He must manage his own family well and have children who are submissive and respectful in every way.

He must not be a new convert, or else becoming conceited he may incur the doom the devil met.

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;

but they must continue to hold the open secret of faith with a clear conscience.

But they must first be tested. Then, if they prove to be blameless, they may become ministers.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

A deacon too must have only one wife, and manage his children and household well.

But if I am delayed, [I am writing] in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.

These are the things you must insist on and teach.

Widows who really need it must be supported from the funds.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in the treatment of their own families, and to pay the debt they owe their parents or grandparents, for this is acceptable to God.

No widow under sixty years of age should be put on this roll. A widow must have had but one husband,

must have a reputation for doing good deeds, as bringing up children, being hospitable to strangers, washing the feet of God's people, helping people in distress, or devoting herself to any sort of doing good.

But the younger widows you must not enrol; for as soon as they begin to chafe against the yoke of Christ, they want to marry,

As it is, some widows have already turned after Satan. ??16 Any believer, man or woman, who has widowed relatives, must give them relief; the church is not to be burdened with them; she has to relieve the widows who really need relief.

If any believing woman has widows, she must help them, and the church must not be burdened, in order that it may help those [who are] truly widows.

The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.

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

Those who are found guilty you must reprove publicly, as a warning to others.

I testify before God, and Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you must guard these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

All who are under the yoke of slavery must esteem their masters to be deserving the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused.

Those who have Christian masters must not pay them less respect because they are brothers; they must serve them all the better, because those who get the benefit of their service are believers and so are dear to them. These are the things that you must continue to teach and urge them to do.

If we have food and clothes, we must be content with that.

But you, as a man of God, must be fleeing always from these things; you must constantly strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment.

They must be beneficent, rich in noble deeds, open-handed and liberal;

So you must never be ashamed of me His prisoner, but suffer for the good news in fellowship with me and by the power of God.

So you, my son, must keep renewing your strength in the spiritual blessing that comes through union with Christ Jesus.

The things you learned from me before many witnesses you must commit to trustworthy men who will be competent to teach others too.

You therefore must share in hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

But God's foundation stands unshaken, with these inscriptions: "The Lord knows the people who belong to Him" and "Everyone who bears the name of the Lord must abstain from evil."

You must keep on fleeing from the evil impulses of youth, but ever strive for uprightness, faith, love, and peace, in association with those who call upon the Lord with pure hearts.

The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,

With gentleness he must correct his opponents, for God might grant them repentance that would lead them to a full knowledge of the truth,

Now you must know that in the last days there are going to be hard times.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, must suffer persecutions.

But you must stand by what you have learned and been convinced of, and remember from whom you learned it,

But you must always be composed; do not shrink from hardship; do your work as a missionary, and your whole duty as a minister.

of whom you also must beware; for he greatly opposed our words.

each elder must be above reproach, have only one wife, and his children must not be liable to the charge of profligacy or disobedience.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

Instead, he must be hospitable to strangers, must appreciate what is good, and be sensible, honest, moral, and self-controlled.

He must be devoted to the trustworthy message that agrees with what we teach, so that he may be able to encourage others with healthy doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

For there are many disorderly persons, vain-talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision; whose mouths must be stopped:

whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.

But you must teach people the things that properly belong to wholesome teaching.

In the same way exhort aged women to let their conduct be such as becomes consecrated persons. They must not be slanderers nor enslaved to wine-drinking. They must be teachers of what is right.

they must give good counsel, so that the young women may be trained to love their husbands and children,

Slaves must be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not to talk back,

teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we must live prudently and righteously and holily in this present age;

This is what you must teach and urge and insist upon with full authority. No one is to look down on you.

Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work,

they must speak evil of none, they must not be quarrelsome, but gentle, showing perfect meekness toward all.

This saying is trustworthy. On this I want you to firmly insist; that those who have faith in God must be careful to maintain honest occupations. Such counsels are good and profitable for men.

Our people too must set examples of doing good, so as to meet the necessary demands and not to live unfruitful lives.

But I must add, prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be restored to you.

When He again brings His firstborn into the world, He says, And all God’s angels must worship Him.

For this reason we must pay the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, for fear we should drift away.

You must not harden your hearts as they did in provoking me, as on the day in the desert they tested me,

and yet the warning continues to be spoken: "If you but hear His voice, you must not harden your hearts as they did in provoking me."

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Seeing therefore it followeth that some must enter thereinto, and they to whom it was first preached, entered not therein for unbelief's sake.

He again fixes a definite day, saying long afterward through David, as has been quoted: "If you but hear His voice, you must not harden your hearts."

So there must still be a promised Sabbath of Rest for God's people.

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

Even creation is not invisible before him, but all things are naked, and fully displayed before his eyes, to whom we must give our account.

and must be one who is able to bear patiently with the ignorant and erring, because he himself also is beset with infirmity.

Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.

to himself the honour of the priesthood: he must be called thereto by God, as Aaron was.

Let us therefore leave elementary Christian teaching alone and advance toward maturity. We must not be always relaying foundations, of repentance for wrong-doing, and of faith in God,

Now see how great this man must have been to have the patriarch Abraham give him a tenth of the spoil.

Now no doubt, if the priesthood be translated, then of necessity must the law be translated also.