As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines,

and studying myths and interminable genealogies; such studies bear upon speculations rather than on the divine order which belongs to faith.

They would like to be teachers of law although they do not understand the words they use or the matters they insist upon.

and the spiritual blessing of our Lord in increasing floods has come upon me, accompanied by faith and love inspired by union with Christ Jesus.

This charge I commit to thee, child Timotheus, according to the prophesies that went before upon thee, that thou mayest war in them the good warfare,

But women will be preserved (saved) through [the pain and dangers of] the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-control and discretion.

It is a popular saying that "whoever aspires to office is set upon an excellent occupation."

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

let them be first examin'd, and if they are without reproach, let them enter upon their office.

that "we toil and strive because our hope is fixed upon the living God, the Saviour of all men" ??of believers in particular.

Dwell upon these things in your teaching.

Let no one look with contempt upon your youth; but be you an example of the faithful, in word, in deportment, in divine love, in faith, in purity.

Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, [that special endowment] which was intentionally bestowed on you [by the Holy Spirit] through prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands on you [at your ordination].

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

And she who is really a widow and desolate, hath hoped upon God, and doth remain in the supplications and in the prayers night and day,

Press these facts upon them, so that they may live lives free from reproach.

Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

and so they bring condemnation upon themselves for having broken their previous promise.

Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

I solemnly call upon you, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, to carry out these instructions of mine without prejudice, and to do nothing from partiality.

Hands, suddenly, upon no one, lay, neither have fellowship with sins of strangers: thyself, keep, chaste: -

Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

Those who have Christian masters should not think less of them because they are their Brothers, but on the contrary they should serve them all the better, because those who are to benefit by their good work are dear to them as their fellow Christians. Those are the things to insist upon in your teaching.

which some having obtain'd, have revolted from the faith, and brought upon themselves variety of piercing pains.

Contend earnestly the good contest of faith, take hold upon eternal life, into which thou wert also called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

Upon them who are rich in the present age, lay thou charge - not to be high-minded, nor to have set their hope on, riches', uncertainty, - but on God, who offereth us all things richly for enjoying,

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

Treasuring up to themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold upon eternal life.

which some people have claimed [to have], and in doing so have strayed from the faith. May [God's] unearned favor be upon you.