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6 All believers who are slaves should treat their masters as people whom they should respect in every way. That way, no one will insult God or what we teach. 2 Some believers who are slaves have masters who trust in Jesus. Those slaves should not disrespect their masters because they are fellow believers. Instead, since the masters for whom they do what is good are people who trust in Jesus and whom God loves, those slaves should work for their masters. Instruct people about those things and tell them to do them.
3 Some people teach things that are different from what is true. They do not accept the right message that comes from our Lord Jesus the Messiah. They do not accept what we teach that enables people to honor God. 4 These people are prideful. They know very little, but they obsess over resolving controversial issues and debating what words mean. When people act in that way, they become jealous of others. They fight with each other. They insult each other. They act in evil ways by suspecting others. 5 They frequently irritate each other. These are people who can no longer think properly. They cannot learn what is true. They think that honoring God is a good way to acquire money.
6 However, we do acquire something valuable when we honor God while we are grateful for whatever we have. 7 We should focus on acquiring things besides money because we owned nothing when our mothers gave birth to us. Indeed, we will no longer own anything when we die. 8 So, we should be content as long as we can eat and have clothes to wear. 9 As for people who desire to become wealthy, they often think about sinning. They cannot stop what they are doing. The things that they want are senseless and bad for them, and they will eventually destroy these people. 10 That is because people do all sorts of evil things when they strongly desire to have money. When some people started desiring money, they stopped trusting in Jesus. By doing that, they have made themselves sorrowful in many ways.
11 However, you are a man who serves God. You must avoid those evil things. Instead, you should always try to do what is right. You should honor God. You should trust in Jesus. You should love others. You should persevere when difficult things happen to you. You should be gentle with people. 12 You should persist in trusting in Jesus just as soldiers battle their enemies. You should make sure that you will live with God forever. God chose you for that. Also, that is why you claimed that you trusted in Jesus while many people listened to you. 13 God is the one who enables everything that exists to live. Jesus the Messiah is the one who declared what was true when he was on trial before Pontius Pilate. They authorize what I am about to tell you to do. 14 You must obey what God has commanded. You should obey completely. No one should be able to rightly accuse you of doing anything wrong. Continue to obey until our Lord Jesus the Messiah returns to this world. 15 God will cause Jesus to return at the right time. We praise God! There are no rulers more powerful than he is. He is king over all other kings. He is lord over all other lords. 16 God is the only one who can never die. His place in heaven is so bright that no one can go near it! No human has looked at him, and no human can look at him. Let us praise him and acknowledge that he is powerful forever! May it be so!
17 You should tell believers who are wealthy right now that they should not think too highly of themselves. They should not trust in all the things that they have, because they cannot be certain how long they will have them. Instead, they should trust in God. He is the one who abundantly gives us everything that we have so that we can enjoy it. 18 Tell those wealthy believers that they should do very many good things. They should be ready to give away what they have. 19 If they do those things, they will establish the good things that they will have when God renews this world. When they do those things, they make sure that they will truly live with God.
20 Timothy, carefully preserve the true message that God has given to you. Refuse to listen when people say things that mean nothing and that have nothing to do with God. Do not pay attention when people argue against the good news, using what they claim is true. It is not really true. 21 The people who claim those things have failed to persist in trusting in Jesus.
I pray that God will be kind to you all.