Online Bible 1995 March/ROM-1025.iso/olb/masters/texts/ylt.lzh/1TI.LZH/1TI

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1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to a command of
 God our Saviour, and of the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,
1:2 to Timotheus -- genuine child in faith: Grace, kindness,
 peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord,
1:3 according as I did exhort thee to remain in Ephesus -- I
 going on to Macedonia -- that thou mightest charge certain not
 to teach any other thing,
1:4 nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that
 cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in
 faith: --
1:5 And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and
 of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,
1:6 from which certain, having swerved, did turn aside to vain
 discourse,
1:7 willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the
 things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,
1:8 and we have known that the law [is] good, if any one may use
 it lawfully;
1:9 having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set,
 but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and
 sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides,
 men-slayers,
1:10 whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured
 persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound
 doctrine is adverse,
1:11 according to the good news of the glory of the blessed God,
 with which I was entrusted.
1:12 And I give thanks to him who enabled me -- Christ Jesus our
 Lord -- that he did reckon me stedfast, having put [me] to the
 ministration,
1:13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and
 insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did
 [it] in unbelief,
1:14 and exceedingly abound did the grace of our Lord, with
 faith and love that [is] in Christ Jesus:
1:15 stedfast [is] the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that
 Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom
 I am;
1:16 but because of this I found kindness, that in me first
 Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern
 of those about to believe on him to life age-during:
1:17 and to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible,
 only wise God, [is] honour and glory -- to the ages of the
 ages! Amen.
1:18 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,
1:19 having faith and a good conscience, which certain having
 thrust away, concerning the faith did make shipwreck,
1:20 of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I did deliver to
 the Adversary, that they might be instructed not to speak
 evil.
2:1 I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications,
 prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:
2:2 for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and
 peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,
2:3 for this [is] right and acceptable before God our Saviour,
2:4 who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full
 knowledge of the truth;
2:5 for one [is] God, one also [is] mediator of God and of men,
 the man Christ Jesus,
2:6 who did give himself a ransom for all -- the testimony in
 its own times --
2:7 in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle -- truth
 I say in Christ, I do not lie -- a teacher of nations, in faith
 and truth.
2:8 I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up
 kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;
2:9 in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with
 modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair,
 or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,
2:10 but -- which becometh women professing godly piety --
 through good works.
2:11 Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,
2:12 and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a
 husband, but to be in quietness,
2:13 for Adam was first formed, then Eve,
2:14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been
 deceived, into transgression came,
2:15 and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they
 remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.
3:1 Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long
 for, a right work he desireth;
3:2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one
 wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of
 strangers, apt to teach,
3:3 not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre,
 but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
3:4 his own house leading well, having children in subjection
 with all gravity,
3:5 (and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known,
 how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
3:6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to
 a judgment of the devil;
3:7 and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those
 without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the
 devil.
3:8 Ministrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not
 given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
3:9 having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
3:10 and let these also first be proved, then let them minister,
 being unblameable.
3:11 Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers,
 vigilant, faithful in all things.
3:12 Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the
 children leading well, and their own houses,
3:13 for those who did minister well a good step to themselves
 do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ
 Jesus.
3:14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee
 soon,
3:15 and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth
 [thee] to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an
 assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the
 truth,
3:16 and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was
 manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by
 messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world,
 taken up in glory!
4:1 And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times
 shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to
 seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
4:2 in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own
 conscience,
4:3 forbidding to marry -- to abstain from meats that God
 created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing
 and acknowledging the truth,
4:4 because every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to
 be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,
4:5 for it is sanctified through the word of God and
 intercession.
4:6 These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a
 good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words
 of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst
 follow after,
4:7 and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and
 exercise thyself unto piety,
4:8 for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety
 is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that
 now is, and of that which is coming;
4:9 stedfast [is] the word, and of all acceptation worthy;
4:10 for for this we both labour and are reproached, because we
 hope on the living God, who is Saviour of all men --
 especially of those believing.
4:11 Charge these things, and teach;
4:12 let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of
 those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in
 faith, in purity;
4:13 till I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation,
 to the teaching;
4:14 be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee
 through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;
4:15 of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy
 advancement may be manifest in all things;
4:16 take heed to thyself, and to the teaching; remain in them,
 for this thing doing, both thyself thou shalt save, and those
 hearing thee.
5:1 An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as
 a father; younger persons as brethren;
5:2 aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters -- in all
 purity;
5:3 honour widows who are really widows;
5:4 and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them
 learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back
 a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable
 before God.
5:5 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,
5:6 and she who is given to luxury, living -- hath died;
5:7 and these things charge, that they may be blameless;
5:8 and if any one for his own -- and especially for those of
 the household -- doth not provide, the faith he hath denied,
 and than an unbeliever he is worse.
5:9 A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age,
 having been a wife of one husband,
5:10 in good works being testified to: if she brought up
 children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she
 washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good
 work she followed after;
5:11 and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel
 against the Christ, they wish to marry,
5:12 having judgment, because the first faith they did cast
 away,
5:13 and at the same time also, they learn [to be] idle, going
 about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and
 busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;
5:14 I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children,
 to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the
 opposer to reviling;
5:15 for already certain did turn aside after the Adversary.
5:16 If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let
 them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that
 those really widows it may relieve.
5:17 The well-leading elders of double honour let them be
 counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and
 teaching,
5:18 for the Writing saith, `An ox treading out thou shalt not
 muzzle,' and `Worthy [is] the workman of his reward.'
5:19 Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two
 or three witnesses.
5:20 Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may
 have fear;
5:21 I testify fully, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and
 the choice messengers, that these things thou mayest keep,
 without forejudging, doing nothing by partiality.
5:22 Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship
 with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;
5:23 no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using,
 because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;
5:24 of certain men the sins are manifest beforehand, leading
 before to judgment, and certain also they follow after;
5:25 in like manner also the right works are manifest
 beforehand, and those that are otherwise are not able to be
 hid.
6:1 As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters
 worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and
 the teaching may not be evil spoken of;
6:2 and those having believing masters, let them not slight
 [them], because they are brethren, but rather let them serve,
 because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are
 partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;
6:3 if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to
 sound words -- those of our Lord Jesus Christ -- and to the
 teaching according to piety,
6:4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and
 word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife,
 evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,
6:5 wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of
 the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;
6:6 but it is great gain -- the piety with contentment;
6:7 for nothing did we bring into the world -- [it is] manifest
 that we are able to carry nothing out;
6:8 but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice
 ourselves;
6:9 and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a
 snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men
 into ruin and destruction,
6:10 for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which
 certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and
 themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;
6:11 and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue
 righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;
6:12 be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on
 the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst
 profess the right profession before many witnesses.
6:13 I charge thee, before God, who is making all things alive,
 and of Christ Jesus, who did testify before Pontius Pilate the
 right profession,
6:14 that thou keep the command unspotted, unblameable, till the
 manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
6:15 which in His own times He shall shew -- the blessed and
 only potentate, the King of the kings and Lord of the lords,
6:16 who only is having immortality, dwelling in light
 unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to
 see, to whom [is] honour and might age-during! Amen.
6:17 Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be
 high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in
 the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for
 enjoyment; --
6:18 to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to
 impart, willing to communicate,
6:19 treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time
 to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.
6:20 O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the
 profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named
 knowledge,
6:21 which certain professing -- concerning the faith did
 swerve; the grace [is] with you. Amen.