For you know yourselves what you must do to follow my example, for I was not idle when I was with you;

But you, brothers, must not get tired of doing right.

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

Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive.

I do not allow women to teach or to domineer over men; they must keep quiet.

A superintendent must be a man above reproach, only once married, temperate, sensible, a man of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

He must not be a new convert, or he may grow conceited and incur criticism from slanderous people.

He must also be a man of good standing with outsiders, or he may get into disgrace and be entrapped by the slanderers.

Assistants, in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain,

Their wives too must be serious, not gossips; they must be temperate, and perfectly trustworthy.

The assistants must be only once married, and manage their children and their households well.

This is what you must urge and teach.

No one under sixty years of age should be put on the list of widows. A widow must have been married but once,

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

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

All who are under the yoke of slavery must treat their masters with the greatest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused.

Those who have Christian masters must not think lightly of them because they are brothers; they must serve them all the more faithfully, because those who benefit by it are believers and hence dear to them. These are the things you must teach and preach.

But you, man of God, must fly from these things. Strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.

So you, my son, must find strength in the blessing that comes through Christ Jesus.

The things you learned from me before many witnesses you must commit to trustworthy men who will be capable of teaching others.

Yet God's solid foundation stands unshaken, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and "Everyone who uses the name of the Lord must give up evil."

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful,

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.

You too must be on your guard against him, for he vehemently opposed my teaching.

For as God's overseer a superintendent must be irreproachable, not arrogant or quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain,

They must be silenced, for such men upset whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach, for the sake of dishonest gain.

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

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

This is why we must give the very closest attention to the message we have heard, to keep from ever losing our hold upon it.

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

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.

But every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so this high priest also must have some sacrifice to offer.

For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established,

But you must remember those early days when after you had received the light you had to go through a great struggle with persecution,

You must not lose your courage, for it will be richly rewarded,

but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

You must submit to it as discipline. God is dealing with you as his sons. For where is there a son whom his father does not discipline?

for they could not bear the order, "Even a wild animal, if it touches the mountain, must be stoned to death,"

Your love for the brotherhood must continue.

You must not be avaricious; you must be content with what you have, for God himself has said, "I will never let go of you or desert you!"

You must not be carried away with strange varieties of teaching. The true way to steadfastness of heart is through God's mercy, not through scruples about food, which have never done their adherents any good.

You must know that our brother Timothy has been released from prison. If he comes here soon, we will see you together.

You must find the greatest joy, my brothers, in being involved in various trials,

and steadfastness must have full play, so that you may be fully and perfectly developed without any defects.

But he must ask with faith, and without any doubt, for the man who doubts is like the billowing sea, driven and blown about by the wind.

Such a man must not expect to get anything from the Lord??8 an irresolute person like him, who is uncertain about everything he does.

You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to be angry,

If you really obey the supreme law where the Scripture says, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right,

For he who said, "You must not commit adultery," said also, "You must not commit murder." Now if you abstain from adultery, but commit murder, you are still a violator of the Law.

You must talk and act like men who expect to be judged by the law that treats men as free.

The harvest uprightness yields must be sown in peace, by peacemakers.

You must have patience too; you must keep up your courage, for the coming of the Lord is close at hand.

You must love him, though you have not seen him, but since you believe in him though you do not now see him, rejoice with triumphant, unutterable joy

but like the holy Being who has called you, you must also prove holy in all your conduct,

for the Scripture says, "You must be holy, Because I am holy."

And if you address him as Father who judges everyone impartially by what he does, you must live reverently all the time you stay here,

Now that by obeying the truth you have purified your souls for sincere love of the brotherhood, you must love one another intensely and heartily,

You servants must be submissive to your masters and perfectly respectful to them; not only to those who are kind and considerate, but also to those who are unreasonable.

You married women, in the same way, must be submissive to your husbands, so that any who refuse to believe the message may be won over without argument through the behavior of their wives

You must not adopt the external attractions of arranging the hair and wearing jewelry and dress;

yours must be the inner beauty of character, the imperishable attraction of a quiet and gentle spirit, which has great value in the sight of God.

You married men also must be considerate in living with your wives. You must show deference to women as the weaker sex, sharing the gift of life with you, so that there may be nothing to interfere with your prayers.

Finally, you must all be harmonious, sympathizing, loving, tender-hearted, modest,

not returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse. You must bless people instead. It is for this that you were called??o obtain blessing.

Since Christ therefore has suffered in our physical nature, you must also arm yourselves with the same resolve. For he who suffers in his physical nature has done with sin,

For no one of you must suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or revolutionist,

but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed of it, but must do honor to God through that name.

Therefore, those who suffer by the will of God must intrust their souls to a Creator who is faithful, and continue to do what is right.

You younger men must show deference to the elders. And you must all clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud, but shows mercy to the humble.

for I know that I must soon put it away, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

You must understand this in the first place, that no prophecy in Scripture can be understood through one's own powers,

First of all, you must understand this, that in the last days mockers will come with their mockeries, going where their passions lead

So you, dear friends, now that you are forewarned, must be on your guard against being led away by the errors of unprincipled men and losing your present firmness.

You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.

whoever says, "I am always in union with him" must live just as he lived.

For the message you have heard from the beginning is this: We must love one another.

We must not be like Cain who was a child of the evil one, and butchered his brother. And why did he butcher him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's upright.

You must not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you!

This is the command that we get from him, that whoever loves God must love his brother also.

But you, dear friends, must remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But you, dear friends, must build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith and pray in the holy Spirit,

A revelation made by Jesus Christ which God gave him to disclose to his slaves of what must very soon happen. He sent and communicated it by his angel to his slave John,

Afterward I had another vision: There was a door standing open in the heavens and the first voice like a trumpet that I had heard speak to me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place."

and I heard a voice which seemed to come from the midst of the four animals say, "Wheat at a dollar a quart, and barley three quarts for a dollar, but you must not injure the oil and wine!"

Then they said to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings!"

Whoever is destined for captivity will go into captivity; whoever kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. On this fact rests the endurance and fidelity of God's people.

They are also seven kings; five have fallen, one is reigning, the other has not yet come, and when he does his stay must be brief.

So must it be with the animal that was, and is no more. It is also an eighth king, although it is one of the seven, and it is to go to destruction.

The more she has given herself to pride and luxury the more you must give her torture and grief. Because she says to herself, 'I sit on a throne; I am not a widow, I shall never have any sorrow,'

I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

"These words are trustworthy and true," he said to me; "For the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his slaves what must happen very soon.

But he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets and the men who heed the words of this book. Worship God!