\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 Timothy}
{\MT The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
according
to [the]
command
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:1 }
Elohim}God
our Saviour,
and
of
Christ
Jesus
our
hope,
\VS{2}to Timotheus, [my]
true
child
in
faith:
grace,
mercy,
peace,
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:2 }
Elohim}God
our
Father
and
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
\VS{3}Even
as
I
begged thee
to
remain
in
Ephesus, [when
I
was]
going
to
Macedonia,
that thou mightest enjoin
some
not
to
teach other
doctrines,
\VS{4}nor
to turn
their minds
to
fables
and
interminable
genealogies,
which bring questionings
rather
than [further]
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:4 }
Elohim}God's dispensation,
which [is]
in
faith.
\VS{5}But
the
end
of
what
is enjoined
is
love
out
of
a
pure
heart
and
a
good
conscience
and unfeigned
faith;
\VS{6}which [things]
some having missed,
have
turned
aside
to vain discourse,
\VS{7}desiring
to
be law-teachers,
not understanding
either
what
they
say
or
concerning
what
they [so] strenuously affirm.
\VS{8}Now
we
know
that
the
law [is]
good
if
any
one
uses
it
lawfully,
\VS{9}knowing
this,
that
law
has
not
its application
to
a
righteous
person,
but
to [the]
lawless
and insubordinate,
to [the] impious
and
sinful,
to [the]
unholy
and
profane,
to smiters
of fathers
and smiters
of
mothers;
to
murderers,
\VS{10}fornicators, sodomites,
kidnappers,
liars,
perjurers;
and
if
any
other thing
is opposed
to
sound
teaching,
\VS{11}according
to
the glad tidings
of
the
glory
of
the
blessed
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:11 }
Elohim}God,
with
which
{\BD{
I}}
have been
entrusted.
\VS{12}[And]
I
thank
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord,
who
has given
me power,
that
he
has
counted
me
faithful, appointing
to
ministry
him
\VS{13}who
before
was
a
blasphemer
and
persecutor,
and
an
insolent overbearing [man]:
but
mercy
was shewn
me
because
I
did
it
ignorantly,
in
unbelief.
\VS{14}But
the
grace
of
our
Lord surpassingly over-abounded
with
faith
and
love,
which [is]
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{15}Faithful [is]
the
word,
and
worthy
of
all acceptation,
that
Christ
Jesus
came
into
the
world
to
save
sinners,
of
whom
{\BD{
I}}
am [the]
first.
\VS{16}But
for
this
reason
mercy
was shewn
me,
that
in
me, [the]
first,
Jesus
Christ
might display
the
whole long-suffering,
for
a delineation
of
those
about
to
believe
on
him
to
life
eternal.
\VS{17}Now
to
the
King
of
the
ages, [the] incorruptible,
invisible,
only
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:17 }
Elohim}God, honour
and
glory
to
the
ages
of
ages.
Amen.
\VS{18}This
charge, [my]
child Timotheus,
I
commit
to thee,
according
to
the
prophecies
as
to thee preceding,
in
order
that thou mightest
war
by
them
the
good
warfare,
\VS{19}maintaining
faith
and
a
good
conscience;
which [last]
some,
having put
away,
have made
shipwreck
as
to
faith;
\VS{20}of
whom
is
Hymenaeus
and
Alexander,
whom
I
have
delivered
to
Satan,
that
they
may
be
taught
by
discipline
not
to
blaspheme.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
exhort
therefore,
first
of
all,
that supplications,
prayers,
intercessions,
thanksgivings
be
made
for
all
men;
\VS{2}for
kings
and
all
that
are
in
dignity,
that
we
may
lead
a
quiet
and
tranquil
life
in
all
piety
and gravity;
\VS{3}for
this
is
good
and
acceptable
before
our Saviour
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:3 }
Elohim}God,
\VS{4}who
desires
that
all
men
should
be
saved
and
come
to [the]
knowledge
of [the]
truth.
\VS{5}For
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:5 }
Elohim}God
is
one,
and [the]
mediator
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:5 }
Elohim}God
and
men
one, [the]
man
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{6}who
gave
himself
a
ransom
for
all,
the
testimony [to
be rendered]
in
its
own
times;
\VS{7}to
which
{\BD{
I}}
have
been
appointed
a herald
and
apostle, (I
speak [the]
truth,
I
do
not
lie,)
a
teacher
of [the]
nations
in
faith
and
truth.
\VS{8}I
will
therefore
that
the
men
pray
in
every
place,
lifting
up pious
hands,
without
wrath
or reasoning.
\VS{9}In like
manner
also
that
the
women
in decent deportment
and dress
adorn
themselves
with
modesty
and discretion,
not
with plaited [hair]
and
gold,
or
pearls,
or
costly
clothing,
\VS{10}but,
what becomes
women
making profession
of
the fear
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:10 }
Elohim}God,
by
good
works.
\VS{11}Let
a
woman
learn
in quietness
in
all
subjection;
\VS{12}but
I
do
not suffer
a
woman
to
teach
nor
to
exercise
authority
over
man,
but
to
be
in quietness;
\VS{13}for
Adam was formed
first,
then
Eve:
\VS{14}and
Adam
was
not
deceived;
but
the
woman, having
been
deceived,
was
in
transgression.
\VS{15}But
she
shall
be
preserved
in
childbearing,
if
they
continue
in
faith
and
love
and
holiness
with discretion.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
word [is]
faithful:
if
any
one
aspires
to exercise oversight,
he
desires
a
good
work.
\VS{2}The
overseer
then
must
be irreproachable,
husband
of
one
wife, sober, discreet, decorous,
hospitable, apt
to
teach;
\VS{3}not given
to excesses
from
wine,
not
a striker,
but mild,
not
addicted
to contention,
not fond
of
money,
\VS{4}conducting
his
own
house
well,
having [his]
children
in
subjection
with
all gravity;
\VS{5}(but
if
one
does
not
know
how
to conduct
his
own
house,
how
shall
he
take
care
of
the
assembly
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:5 }
Elohim}God?)
\VS{6}not
a novice,
that he
may
not, being inflated,
fall
into [the] fault
of
the
devil.
\VS{7}But
it
is
necessary
that
he
should
have
also
a
good
testimony
from
those
without,
that
he
may
fall
not
into
reproach
and [the]
snare
of
the
devil.
\VS{8}Ministers,
in like
manner, grave,
not
double-tongued,
not given
to
much
wine,
not seeking
gain by base means,
\VS{9}holding
the
mystery
of
the
faith
in
a
pure
conscience.
\VS{10}And
let
these
be
first proved,
then
let
them
minister,
being
without charge [against
them].
\VS{11}[The]
women
in like
manner grave,
not
slanderers, sober,
faithful
in
all
things.
\VS{12}Let [the] ministers
be
husbands
of
one
wife, conducting [their]
children
and
their
own houses
well:
\VS{13}for
those
who
shall
have
ministered
well
obtain
for
themselves
a
good degree,
and
much
boldness
in
faith
which [is]
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{14}These
things
I
write
to thee,
hoping
to
come
to thee more
quickly;
\VS{15}but
if
I delay,
in
order
that thou mayest
know
how
one
ought
to
conduct oneself
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:15 }
Elohim}God's
house,
which
is [the]
assembly
of [the]
living
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:15 }
Elohim}God, [the]
pillar
and base
of
the
truth.
\VS{16}And confessedly
the
mystery
of
piety
is
great.
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:16 }
Elohim}God
has
been
manifested
in
flesh,
has
been
justified
in [the]
Spirit,
has
appeared
to
angels,
has
been
preached
among [the]
nations,
has
been
believed
on
in [the]
world,
has
been
received
up
in
glory.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
the
Spirit
speaks expressly,
that
in latter
times
some
shall apostatise
from
the
faith,
giving
their
mind
to deceiving
spirits
and
teachings
of
demons
\VS{2}speaking lies
in
hypocrisy, cauterised
as
to
their
own
conscience,
\VS{3}forbidding
to
marry, [bidding]
to
abstain
from meats,
which
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:3 }
Elohim}God
has
created
for
receiving
with
thanksgiving
for
them
who
are
faithful
and
know
the
truth.
\VS{4}For
every
creature
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:4 }
Elohim}God [is]
good,
and
nothing [is]
to
be
rejected, being
received
with
thanksgiving;
\VS{5}for
it
is
sanctified
by
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:5 }
Elohim}God's
word
and freely addressing [him].
\VS{6}Laying
these
things
before
the
brethren, thou wilt
be
a
good
minister
of
Christ
Jesus,
nourished
with
the
words
of
the
faith
and
of
the
good
teaching
which thou hast fully
followed up.
\VS{7}But
profane
and
old wives'
fables avoid,
but exercise thyself unto
piety;
\VS{8}for
bodily
exercise
is
profitable
for
a
little,
but
piety
is
profitable
for
everything,
having
promise
of
life,
of
the
present
one,
and
of
that
to
come.
\VS{9}The
word [is]
faithful
and
worthy
of
all acceptation;
\VS{10}for,
for
this
we labour
and suffer
reproach,
because
we
hope
in
a
living
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:10 }
Elohim}God,
who
is preserver
of
all
men, specially
of
those
that
believe.
\VS{11}Enjoin
and
teach
these
things.
\VS{12}Let
no
one
despise thy
youth,
but
be
a model
of
the
believers,
in
word,
in
conduct,
in
love,
in
faith,
in
purity.
\VS{13}Till
I
come,
give thyself
to
reading,
to
exhortation,
to
teaching.
\VS{14}Be
not negligent
of
the
gift [that
is]
in thee,
which
has
been
given
to thee
through
prophecy,
with imposition
of
the
hands
of
the elderhood.
\VS{15}Occupy thyself
with
these
things;
be wholly
in
them,
that thy
progress
may
be manifest
to
all.
\VS{16}Give
heed
to thyself
and
to
the
teaching;
continue
in
them;
for,
doing
this, thou shalt
save
both thyself
and
those
that
hear thee.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Rebuke
not
an
elder
sharply,
but
exhort [him]
as
a
father,
younger [men]
as
brethren,
\VS{2}elder
women
as
mothers,
younger
women
as
sisters,
with
all
purity.
\VS{3}Honour
widows
who
are
really
widows;
\VS{4}but
if
any
widow
have
children
or
descendants,
let
them
learn
first
to
be pious
as regards
their
own
house,
and
to
render
a
return
on
their side
to [their]
parents;
for
this
is
acceptable
in
the
sight
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:4 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{5}Now she
who [is]
a
widow
indeed,
and
is
left
alone,
has put [her]
hope
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:5 }
Elohim}God,
and
continues
in supplications
and
prayers
night
and
day.
\VS{6}But she
that
lives
in habits
of self-indulgence
is
dead [while]
living.
\VS{7}And
these
things enjoin,
that
they
may
be irreproachable.
\VS{8}But
if
any
one
does
not
provide
for
his
own,
and specially
for
those
of [his] house,
he
has
denied
the
faith,
and
is
worse
than
the
unbeliever.
\VS{9}Let
a
widow
be
put
upon
the
list,
being
of
not
less
than
sixty
years, [having
been]
wife
of
one
man,
\VS{10}borne
witness
to
in
good
works,
if
she
have
brought
up
children,
if
she
have exercised
hospitality,
if
she
have
washed saints'
feet,
if
she
have imparted relief
to
the distressed,
if
she
have diligently
followed
every
good
work.
\VS{11}But
younger
widows decline;
for
when
they grow wanton against
Christ,
they
desire
to
marry,
\VS{12}being guilty,
because
they
have cast off
their
first
faith.
\VS{13}And,
at
the
same
time,
they
learn
also [to
be]
idle, going
about
to people's
houses;
and
not
only
idle,
but
also gossipers
and meddlers,
speaking
things
not becoming.
\VS{14}I
will
therefore
that
the
younger
marry,
bear
children, rule
the
house,
give
no
occasion
to
the adversary
in respect
of
reproach.
\VS{15}For
already
some
have
turned
aside
after
Satan.
\VS{16}If
any
believing
man
or
woman
have
widows,
let
them impart relief
to
them,
and
let
not
the
assembly
be charged,
that
it
may impart relief
to
those [that
are]
widows
indeed.
\VS{17}Let
the
elders
who take
the lead [among
the saints]
well
be esteemed
worthy
of
double honour, specially
those labouring
in
word
and
teaching;
\VS{18}for
the
scripture
says, Thou shalt
not
muzzle
an
ox
that treadeth out corn,
and,
The
workman [is]
worthy
of
his hire.
\VS{19}Against
an
elder
receive
not
an
accusation
unless
where
there
are
two
or
three
witnesses.
\VS{20}Those
that
sin
convict
before
all,
that
the
rest
also
may
have
fear.
\VS{21}I
testify
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:21 }
Elohim}God
and
Christ
Jesus
and
the
elect
angels,
that thou
keep
these
things
without
prejudice,
doing
nothing
by favour.
\VS{22}Lay
hands
quickly
on
no
man,
nor partake
in others'
sins.
Keep thyself
pure.
\VS{23}Drink
no
longer
only
water,
but
use
a
little
wine
on
account
of thy
stomach
and thy
frequent
illnesses.
\VS{24}Of
some
men
the
sins
are manifest beforehand,
going
before
to
judgment,
and
some
also
they
follow
after.
\VS{25}In like
manner
good
works
also
are manifest beforehand,
and
those
that
are
otherwise
cannot
be
hid.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Let
as
many bondmen
as
are
under
yoke
count
their
own
masters
worthy
of
all honour,
that
the
name
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:1 }
Elohim}God
and
the
teaching
be
not
blasphemed.
\VS{2}And
they
that
have
believing
masters,
let
them
not
despise [them]
because
they
are
brethren;
but
let
them
the
rather
serve
them
with subjection,
because
they
are
faithful
and
beloved,
who profit
by
the
good
and ready
service [rendered].
These
things
teach
and
exhort.
\VS{3}If
any
one
teach differently,
and
do
not accede
to
sound
words,
those
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
the
teaching
which [is]
according
to
piety,
\VS{4}he
is puffed up,
knowing
nothing,
but sick
about
questions
and
disputes
of
words,
out
of
which
arise
envy,
strife, injurious
words,
evil
suspicions,
\VS{5}constant quarrellings
of
men
corrupted
in
mind
and destitute
of
the
truth, holding
gain
to
be [the end
of]
piety.
\VS{6}But
piety
with
contentment
{\BD{
is}}
great
gain.
\VS{7}For
we
have
brought
nothing
into
the
world: [it
is] [manifest]
that
neither
can
we
carry
anything
out.
\VS{8}But
having sustenance
and
covering,
we
will
be
content
with
these.
\VS{9}But
those
who
desire
to
be
rich
fall
into
temptation
and
a
snare,
and
many unwise
and hurtful
lusts,
which
plunge
men
into
destruction
and
ruin.
\VS{10}For
the
love
of
money
is [the]
root
of
every
evil;
which
some having aspired
after,
have
wandered
from
the
faith,
and
pierced
themselves
with
many sorrows.
\VS{11}But
{\BD{thou}},
O
man
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:11 }
Elohim}God,
flee
these
things,
and
pursue
righteousness,
piety,
faith,
love,
endurance,
meekness
of spirit.
\VS{12}Strive
earnestly [in]
the
good
conflict
of
faith. Lay
hold
of
eternal
life,
to
which thou hast
been
called,
and hast
confessed
the
good
confession
before
many
witnesses.
\VS{13}I enjoin thee
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:13 }
Elohim}God
who preserves
all
things
in
life,
and
Christ
Jesus
who
witnessed
before
Pontius
Pilate
the
good
confession,
\VS{14}that thou
keep
the
commandment
spotless, irreproachable,
until
the
appearing
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ;
\VS{15}which
in its
own
time
the
blessed
and
only Ruler
shall shew,
the
King
of
those
that
reign,
and
Lord
of
those
that exercise lordship;
\VS{16}who
only
has
immortality, dwelling
in
unapproachable
light;
whom
no
man
has
seen,
nor
is
able
to
see;
to
whom [be] honour
and
eternal
might.
Amen.
\VS{17}Enjoin
on
those
rich
in
the
present
age
not
to
be high-minded,
nor
to
trust
on
the
uncertainty
of
riches;
but
in
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:17 }
Elohim}God
who affords
us
all
things
richly
for [our] enjoyment;
\VS{18}to
do
good,
to
be
rich
in
good
works,
to
be liberal
in distributing, disposed
to communicate [of
their substance],
\VS{19}laying
by
for
themselves
a
good
foundation
for
the
future,
that they
may lay
hold
of [what
is]
really
life.
\VS{20}O Timotheus,
keep
the
entrusted deposit,
avoiding
profane, vain babblings,
and oppositions
of false-named
knowledge,
\VS{21}of
which
some having
made profession,
have missed
the
faith.
Grace [be]
with thee.
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