neither obscenity, nor foolish talking, nor indecent jesting, which are not becoming; but rather giving of thanks.

And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled with the Spirit,

"Honor thy father and mother;" which is the first commandment with a promise;

taking up, in addition to all, the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the Evil One;

and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

in behalf of which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may proclaim it boldly, as I ought to speak.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

and in nothing terrified by your adversaries; which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation; and that from God;

as ye have the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.

Yea, let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

Wherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave him a name which is above every name;

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, blameless.

and be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God upon faith;

Not that I have already obtained, or have been already perfected; but I press on, if I may also lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ.

For the country of which we are citizens is heaven, whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

who will transform the body of our humiliation so that it shall be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working of the power with which he is able to subdue all things to himself.

and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

The things which ye learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, these do; and the God of peace will be with you.

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived again in your care for my welfare; for which indeed ye cared before, but lacked opportunity.

since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

which is come to you, as it is in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, as it doth also in you, from the day ye heard it, and knew the grace of God in truth;

if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, which is the church;

of which I became a minister, according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me, for you, to fulfill the word of God,

the mystery which hath been hidden for ages and generations, but hath been now revealed to his saints;

to whom it was the will of God to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

to which end I also am laboring, striving earnestly through his working, which worketh within me mightily.

in which are stored up all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

having been buried with him in your baptism; in which also ye were raised to life with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead;

blotting out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was opposed to us, he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is Christs.

Let no one defraud you of the prize, desiring to do it in humiliation and worshipping of the angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his own flesh,

and not holding fast the Head, from which the whole body, supported and compacted by means of the joints and ligaments, groweth with an increase wrought by God.

(which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and teachings of men;

which things have indeed a show of wisdom in willworship and humiliation and severity to the body, not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.

Make dead therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

on account of which things cometh the wrath of God.

In which things ye also once walked, when ye lived in them;

and over all these things put on the robe of love, which is the bond of perfectness;

and let the peace of Christ, to which ye were called in one body, rule in your hearts; and be ye thankful.

For he that doeth wrong, shall receive back the wrong which he hath done; and there is no respect of persons.

praying at the same time for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for the sake of which I am also in bonds;

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church in his house.

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.

And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also is powerfully working in you that believe.

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for ye also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they have from the Jews;

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may supply that which is lacking in your faith?

See that none render evil for evil to any one; but ever follow that which is good, both toward one another and toward all.

but prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

so that we ourselves glory in you among the churches of God, for your constancy and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions which ye endure;

an indication of the righteous judgment of God, by which ye will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye are also suffering;

For which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and perfect [in you] all pleasure in goodness, and the work of faith, with power;

So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the traditions which ye were taught by us, whether by word, or by our letter.

And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

Now we charge you, brethren, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

The salutation by the hand of me, Paul; which is the token in every letter; so I write.

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which occasion disputes rather than promote Gods dispensation which is in faith, [so I do now.]

from which some swerving turned aside to vain babbling,

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.

and the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

having faith, and a good conscience, which some thrusting away made shipwreck concerning the faith;

who gave himself a ransom for all; to which the testimony was to be borne in its own due times,

For they that have served well as deacons, gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

but if I should tarry long, that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those who believe and know the truth.

If thou lay these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, with which thou art well acquainted.

For bodily exercise is profitable for little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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

and withal they learn to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

If any one teacheth other doctrine, and assenteth not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

he is puffed up with pride, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

But they who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting have strayed away from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many pangs.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on everlasting life, to which thou wast called, and didst profess the good profession before many witnesses.

which in his own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords,

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane babblings, and oppositions of the falselycalled knowledge;

which some professing, have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that it dwelleth in thee also.

For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the laying on of my hands;

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles.

For which cause I suffer also these things. But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which he hath committed to me unto that day.

Hold the pattern of sound words, which thou heardest from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus;

the good trust committed to thee keep through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

and the things which thou didst hear from me before many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, such as will be able to teach others also.

in which I suffer hardship even unto bonds as an evildoer; but the word of God is not bound.

For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with everlasting glory.

But do thou continue in the things which thou didst learn and wast assured of, knowing from what teachers thou didst learn them,

and that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Christ Jesus, for the faith of Gods elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times,

but in his own seasons manifested his word through the preaching with which I was intrusted by the commandment of God our Saviour:

whose mouths must be stopped, since they overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.

This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

But do thou speak the things which become sound teaching;

not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the bath of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour,