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and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.

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But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

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

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May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

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Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

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For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

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neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;

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not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

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For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

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For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

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Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing well.

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If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

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Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

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The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter: this is how I write.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;

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to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

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neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith–

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but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

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from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;

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desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

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But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,

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as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

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according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

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And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

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although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

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The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

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However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

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Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

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This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;

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holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;

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of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

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I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

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for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

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For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

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who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

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For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

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who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times;

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to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

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In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;

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but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.

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Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

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But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

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For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

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Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

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but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

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This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.

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

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not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

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one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

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(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

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not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

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

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Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

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holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

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

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Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

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but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

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But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

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through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

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forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

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For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

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If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

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But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

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For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

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This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

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For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

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Command and teach these things.

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Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

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Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

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Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

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Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

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Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

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the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

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Honor widows who are widows indeed.

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But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

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But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.

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Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

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But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

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being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

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But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

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having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

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Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

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I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

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For already some have turned aside after Satan.

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If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.