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{\MTB Paul’s First Letter to
\par }{\MT Timothy

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Introduction
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}From
Paul,
an apostle
of
Christ
Jesus
by
the
appointment
of
God,
our
Saviour,
and
Christ
Jesus,
our
hope.
\VS{2}To
Timothy,
my
true
child
in
the
faith:
May
God,
the
Father,
and
Christ
Jesus,
our
Lord,
bless
you,
and
be
merciful
to
you,
and
give
you
peace.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{3}I
beg
you,
as
I
did
when
I
was
on
my
way
into
Macedonia,
to
remain
at
Ephesus;
so
that
you
may
instruct
certain
people
there
not
to
teach
new
and
strange
doctrines,
\VS{4}nor
to
devote
their
attention
to legends
and interminable
genealogies,
which
tend
to
give
rise
to
argument
rather
than
to
further
that
divine
plan
which
is
revealed
in
the
faith.
\VS{5}The
object
of
all
instruction
is
to
call
forth
that
love
which
comes
from
a
pure
heart,
a
clear
conscience,
and
a
sincere
faith.
\VS{6}And
it
is
because
they
have
not
aimed
at
these
things
that
the
attention
of
certain
people
has
been
diverted
to
unprofitable
subjects.
\VS{7}They
want
to
be
teachers
of
the
Law,
and
yet
do
not
understand
either
the
words
they
use,
or
the
subjects
on
which
they
speak
so
confidently.
\VS{8}We
know,
of
course,
that
the
Law
is
excellent,
when
used
legitimately,
\VS{9}by
one
who recognises
that
laws
were
not
made
for
good
people,
but
for
the
lawless
and disorderly,
for irreligious
and
wicked
people,
for
those
who
are irreverent
and
profane,
for
those
who ill-treat
their
fathers
or
mothers,
for
murderers,
\VS{10}for
the
immoral,
for
perverts,
for
slave
traders,
for
liars,
for
perjurers,
and
for
whatever
else
is
opposed
to
sound Christian
teaching –
\VS{11}as
is
taught
in
the
glorious
good
news
of
the ever-blessed
God,
with
which
I
was
entrusted.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}I
am
thankful
to
Christ
Jesus,
our
Lord,
who
has
been
my
strength,
for
showing
that
he
thought
me
worthy
of
trust
by appointing
me
to
his
ministry,
\VS{13}though
I
once
used
to
blaspheme,
and
to
persecute,
and
to
insult.
Yet
mercy
was
shown
me,
because
I
acted
in
ignorance,
while
still
an unbeliever;
\VS{14}and
the
loving
kindness
of
our
Lord
was boundless,
and
filled
me
with
that
faith
and
love
which
come
from
union
with
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{15}How
true
the
saying
is,
and
worthy
of
the fullest
acceptance,
that “Christ
Jesus
came
into
the
world
to
save
sinners”!
And
there
is
no
greater
sinner
than
I!
\VS{16}Yet
mercy
was
shown
me
for
the
express
purpose
that
Christ
Jesus
might
exhibit
in
my
case,
beyond
all
others,
his exhaustless
patience,
as
an
example
for
those
who
were
afterwards
to
believe
on
him
and
attain
eternal
life.
\VS{17}To
the
eternal
King, ever-living, invisible,
the
one
God,
be
ascribed
honour
and
glory
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}This,
then,
is
the
charge
that
I
lay
on
you,
Timothy,
my
child,
in
accordance
with
what
was
predicted
of
you –
Fight
the
good
fight
in
the
spirit
of
those
predictions,
\VS{19}with
faith,
and
with
a
clear
conscience;
and
it
is
because
they
have
thrust
this
aside,
that,
as
regards
the
faith,
some
have wrecked
their
lives.
\VS{20}Hymenaeus
and Alexander
are instances –
the
men
whom
I
delivered
over
to
Satan
so
that
they
might
be
taught
not
to
blaspheme.

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH General Directions on Church Matters
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}First
of
all,
then,
I
ask
that
petitions,
prayers,
intercessions,
and
thanksgivings
should
be
offered
for
everyone,
\VS{2}especially
for
kings
and
all
who
are
in
high
positions,
in
order
that
we
may
lead
a
quiet
and
peaceful
life
in
a
deeply religious
and reverent
spirit.
\VS{3}This
will
be
good
and
acceptable
in
the
eyes
of
God,
our
Saviour,
\VS{4}whose
will
is
that
everyone
should
be
saved,
and
attain
to
a
full
knowledge
of
the
truth.
\VS{5}There
is
but
one
God,
and
one
mediator
between
God
and
humanity –
the
human,
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{6}who
gave
himself
as
a
ransom
on
behalf
of
all.
\par }{\PP This
must
be
our
testimony,
as opportunities
present
themselves;
\VS{7}and
it
was
for
this
that
I
was
myself
appointed
a
herald
and
an apostle (I
am
telling
the
simple
truth
and
no
lie) –
a
teacher
of
the
Gentiles
in
the
faith
and
truth.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}My
desire,
then,
is
that
it
should
be
the
custom
everywhere
for
the
men
to
lead
the
prayers,
with
hands reverently
uplifted, avoiding
heated
controversy.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}I
also
desire
that
women
should
adorn
themselves
with
appropriate
dress,
worn
quietly
and modestly,
and
not
with
wreaths
or
gold
ornaments
for
the
hair,
or
pearls,
or
costly
clothing,
\VS{10}but –
as
is
proper
for
women
who
profess
to
be religious –
with
good
actions.
\VS{11}They
must
learn,
listening
quietly
to
their
teachers
and
showing
them
all deference.
\VS{12}I
do
not
consent
to
them
becoming
teachers,
or
exercising
authority
over
men;
they
ought
to
not
make
a fuss.
\VS{13}Adam
was
formed
first,
not
Eve.
\VS{14}And
it
was
not
Adam
who
was
deceived;
it
was
the
woman
who
was
entirely
deceived
and
fell
into
sin.
\VS{15}But
she
will
be
saved
by
the
birth
of
a
child,
if
they
never
abandon
faith,
love,
or
holiness,
and
behave
with modesty.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}How
true
is
this
saying: “To aspire
to
be
to
be
a
supervisor
in
the church
is
to
be ambitious
for
a
noble
task.”
\VS{2}The
supervisor
should
be
of
blameless
character;
a
faithful
partner;
living
a
temperate,
discreet,
and well-ordered
life;
hospitable,
and
a
skilful
teacher,
\VS{3}not
addicted
to
drink
or
brawling,
but
of
a
forbearing
and
peaceable disposition,
and
not
a
lover
of
money;
\VS{4}they
should
provide
for
their
own
household
well,
and
their
children
should
kept
under
control
and
be well-behaved.
\VS{5}If
someone
does
not
know
how
to
provide
for
their
own
household,
how
can
they
take
charge
of
the
church
of
God?
\VS{6}The
supervisor
should
not
be
a recent
convert,
or
they
might
become
blinded
by
pride
and
fall
under
the
same judgement
as
the
devil.
\VS{7}They
should
also
be
well
spoken
of
by
outsiders,
so
that
they
may
not
incur censure
and
so
fall
into
the devil’s
trap.
\VS{8}So,
too, assistants
should
be
serious
and
straightforward,
not
given
to
taking
much
drink
or
to questionable money-making,
\VS{9}but
people
who
hold
the
deep truths
of
the
faith
and
have
a
clear
conscience.
\VS{10}They
should
be
tested
first,
and
only
appointed
to
their
office
if
no objection
is
raised
against
them.
\VS{11}It
should
be
the
same
with
the
women
in
this
office.
They
should
be
serious,
not
gossips,
sober,
and
trustworthy
in
all
respects.
\VS{12}Assistants
should
be
faithful
partners
who
manage
their
children
and
their
households
well.
\VS{13}Those
who
have
filled
that
post
with
honour
gain
for
themselves
an
honourable
position,
as
well
as
great
confidence
through
the
faith
that
they
place
in
Christ
Jesus.
\par }{\SH Special
Directions
to Timothy
\par }{\PP \VS{14}I
am
writing
this
to
you,
though
I
hope
that
I
will
come
to
see
you
before
long;
\VS{15}but
in
case
I
should
be
delayed,
I
want
you
to
know
what
your
conduct
ought
to
be
in
the
household
of
God,
which
is
the
church
of
the
living
God –
the
pillar
and
stay
of
the
truth.
\VS{16}Yes,
and undeniably
wonderful
are
the
deep truths
of
our religion;
for –
\par }{\Q “He
was
revealed
in
our nature,
\par }{\QB pronounced
righteous
in
spirit,
\par }{\QC seen
by
angels,
\par }{\Q proclaimed
among
the
Gentiles,
\par }{\QB believed
on
in
the
world,
\par }{\QC taken
up
into
glory.”
\par }{\MM \par }
\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
the
Spirit
distinctly
says
that
in
later
times
there
will
be
some
who
will
fall
away
from
the
faith,
and
devote
their
attention
to
misleading
spirits,
and
to
the
teaching
of
demons,
\VS{2}who
will
make
use
of
the
hypocrisy
of
lying
teachers.
These
people’s
consciences
are seared,
\VS{3}and
they discourage
marriage
and enjoin abstinence
from
certain
kinds
of
food;
though
God
created
these
foods
to
be
enjoyed thankfully
by
those
who
hold
the
faith
and
have
attained
a
full
knowledge
of
the
truth.
\VS{4}Everything
created
by
God
is
good,
and
there
in
nothing
that
need
be
rejected –
provided
only
that
it
is
received thankfully;
\VS{5}for
it
is
consecrated
by
God’s
blessing
and
by
prayer.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Put
all
this
before
the
followers,
and
you
will
be
a
good
servant
of
Christ
Jesus,
sustained
by
the
precepts
of
the
faith
and
of
that
good
teaching
by
which
you
have
guided
your
life.
\VS{7}As
for
profane legends
and
old
wives’
tales,
leave
them
alone.
Train
yourself
to
lead
a religious
life;
\VS{8}for
while
the training
of
the
body
is
of
service
in
some
respects, religion
is
of
service
in
all,
carrying
with
it,
as
it
does,
a
promise
of
life
both
here
and
hereafter.
\VS{9}How
true
that
saying
is
and
worthy
of
the fullest
acceptance!
\VS{10}With
that
aim
we
toil
and
struggle,
for
we
have
set
our
hopes
on
the
living
God,
who
is
the
Saviour
of
all,
and
especially
of
those
who
hold
the
faith.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{11}Remember
these
things
in
your
teaching.
\VS{12}Do
not
let
anyone
look
down
on
you
because
you
are
young,
but,
by
your
conversation,
your
conduct,
your
love,
your
faith,
and
your
purity,
be
an
example
to
those
who
hold
the
faith.
\VS{13}Until
I
come,
apply
yourself
to
public
reading,
preaching,
and
teaching.
\VS{14}Do
not
neglect
the
divine
gift
within
you,
which
was
given
you,
amid
many
a prediction,
when
the
hands
of
the church
elders
were
laid
on
your
head.
\VS{15}Practice
these
things,
devote
yourself
to
them,
so
that
your
progress
may
be
plain
to
everyone.
\VS{16}Look
to
yourself
as
well
as
to
your
teaching.
Persevere
in
this,
for
your
doing
so
will
mean
salvation
for
yourself
as
well
as
for
your hearers.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Do
not reprimand
an
older
man,
but
plead
with
him
as
if
he
were
your
father.
Treat
the
young
men
as
brothers,
\VS{2}the
older
women
as
mothers,
and
the
younger
women
as
sisters –
with
all
purity.
\VS{3}Show
consideration
for
widows –
I
mean
those
who
are
really
widowed.
\VS{4}But,
if
a
widow
has
children
or
grandchildren,
they
should
learn
to
show
proper
regard
for
the
members
of
their
own
family
first,
and
to
make
some
return
to
their
parents;
for
that
is
pleasing
in
God’s
sight.
\VS{5}As
for
the
woman
who
is
really
widowed
and
left
quite
alone,
her
hopes
are
fixed
on
God,
and
she devotes
herself
to
prayers
and
supplications
night
and
day.
\VS{6}But
the
life
of
a
widow
who
is
devoted
to
pleasure
is
a
living
death.
\VS{7}Those
are
the
points
you
should
teach,
so
that
there
may
be
no
call
for
your censure.
\VS{8}Anyone
who
fails
to
provide
for
their
own
relatives,
and
especially
for
those
under
their
own
roof,
has disowned
the
faith,
and
is
worse
than
an unbeliever.
\VS{9}A
widow,
when
her
name
is
added
to
the
list,
should
not
be
less
than
sixty
years
old;
she
should
have
been
a
faithful
wife,
\VS{10}and
be
well
spoken
of
for
her
kind
actions.
She
should
have
brought
up
children,
have
shown
hospitality
to
strangers,
have
washed
the
feet
of
her
fellow Christians,
have
relieved
those
who
were
in
distress,
and
devoted
herself
to
every
kind
of
good
action.
\VS{11}But
you
should
exclude
the
younger
widows
from
the
list;
for,
when
they
grow restive
under
the
yoke
of
the
Christ,
they
want
to
marry,
\VS{12}and
so
they
bring
condemnation
on
themselves
for
having
broken
their
previous
promise.
\VS{13}And
not
only
that,
but
they
learn
to
be
idle
as
they
go
about
from
house
to
house.
Nor
are
they
merely
idle,
but
they
also
become
gossips
and
busybodies,
and
talk
of
what
they
ought
not.
\VS{14}Therefore
I
advise
young
widows
to
marry,
bear
children,
and
attend
to
their
homes,
and
so
avoid
giving
the
enemy
an opportunity
for scandal.
\VS{15}There
are
some
who
have
already
left
us,
to
follow
Satan.
\VS{16}Any Christian
woman,
who
has
relatives
who
are
widows,
ought
to
relieve
them
and
not
allow
them
to
become
a
burden
to
the
church,
so
that
the
church
may
relieve
those
widows
who
are
really
widowed.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Those church
elders
who
fill
their
office
well
should
be
held
deserving
of especial
consideration,
particularly
those
whose
work
lies
in
preaching
and
teaching.
\VS{18}The
words
of
scripture
are –
\par }{\Q “You
should
not
muzzle
the
ox
while
it
is
treading
out
the
grain.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM and
again –
\par }{\Q {\WJ{“The
worker
is
worth
their
wages.”}}
\par }{\MM \VS{19}Do
not
entertain
a
charge
against
an church
elder,
unless
it
is
supported
by
two
or
three
witnesses;
\VS{20}but
rebuke
offenders
publicly,
so
that
others
may
take
warning.
\VS{21}I
charge
you
solemnly,
before
God
and
Christ
Jesus
and
the
chosen
angels,
to
carry
out
these
directions, unswayed
by
prejudice,
never
acting
with
partiality.
\VS{22}Never
ordain
anyone
hastily,
and
take
no
part
in
the
wrongdoing
of
others.
Keep
your
life
pure.
\VS{23}Do
not
continue
to
drink
water
only,
but
take
a
little
wine
because
of
the
weakness
of
your
stomach,
and
your
frequent ailments.
\VS{24}There
are
some
people
whose
sins
are
conspicuous
and
lead
on
to
judgment,
while
there
are
others
whose
sins
dog
their
steps.
\VS{25}In
the
same
way
noble
deeds
become
conspicuous,
and
those
which
are
otherwise
cannot
be
concealed.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}All
who
are
in
the
position
of
slaves
should
regard
their
masters
as
deserving
of
the
greatest
respect,
so
that
the
name
of
God,
and
our
teaching,
may
not
be maligned.
\VS{2}Those
who
have Christian
masters
should
not
think
less
of
them
because
they
are
also
followers
of Christ,
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.
\par }{\SH Conclusion
Those
are
the
things
to insist
on
in
your
teaching.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Anyone
who
teaches
otherwise,
and
refuses
their
assent
to
sound
instruction –
the
instruction
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ –
and
to
the
teaching
of religion,
\VS{4}is puffed
up
with
conceit,
not
really
knowing
anything,
but
having
a
morbid
craving
for discussions
and
arguments.
Such
things
only
give
rise
to
envy, quarrelling, recriminations,
base
suspicions,
\VS{5}and incessant wrangling
on
the
part
of
these corrupt-minded
people
who
have
lost
all
hold
on
the
truth,
and
who
think
of religion
only
as
a
source
of
gain.
\VS{6}Of
course religion
is
a
great
source
of
gain –
when combined
with contentment!
\VS{7}For
we
brought
nothing
into
the
world,
because
we
cannot
even
carry
anything
out
of
it.
\VS{8}So,
with
food
and
shelter,
we
will
be
content.
\VS{9}Those
who
want
to
be
rich
fall
into
the
net
of
temptation,
and
become
the
prey
of
many
foolish
and
harmful ambitions,
which
plunge
people
into
destruction
and
ruin.
\VS{10}Love
of
money
is
a
source
of
all
kinds
of
evil;
and
in
their eagerness
to
be
rich
some
have
wandered
away
from
the
faith,
and
have
been
pierced
to
the
heart
by
many
a
regret.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
you
must,
servant
of
God,
avoid
all
this.
Aim
at
righteousness,
piety,
faith,
love,
endurance,
gentleness.
\VS{12}Run
the
great
race
of
the
faith,
and
win
the
eternal
life.
It
was
for
this
that
you
received
the
call,
and,
in
the
presence
of
many
witnesses,
made
the
great
profession
of
faith.
\VS{13}I
beg
you,
as
in
the
sight
of
God,
the
source
of
all
life,
and
of
Christ
Jesus
who
before
Pontius
Pilate
made
the
great
profession
of
faith –
\VS{14}I
implore
you
to
keep
his
command
free
from
stain
or
reproach,
until
the
appearing
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{15}This
will
be
brought
about
in
his
own
time
by
the
one ever-blessed
Potentate,
the
king
of
all
kings
and
Lord
of
all
lords,
\VS{16}who
alone
is
possessed
of immortality
and
dwells
in unapproachable
light,
whom
no
one
has
ever
seen
or
ever
can
see –
to
whom
be
ascribed
honour
and
power
for
ever.
Amen.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Teach
those
who
are
wealthy
in
this
life
not
to
pride
themselves,
or
fix
their
hopes,
on
so uncertain
a
thing
as
wealth,
but
on
God,
who
gives
us
a
wealth
of
enjoyment
on
every
side.
\VS{18}Teach
them
to
show
kindness,
to
exhibit
a
wealth
of
good
actions,
to
be open-handed
and
generous,
\VS{19}storing
up
for
themselves
what
in
the
future
will
prove
to
be
a
good
foundation,
so
that
they
may
gain
the
only
true
life.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Timothy,
guard
what
has
been
entrusted
to
you.
Avoid
the
profane prattle
and contradictions
of
what
some miscall “theology,”
\VS{21}for
there
are
those
who,
while
asserting
their proficiency
in
it,
have
yet,
as
regards
the
faith,
gone
altogether
astray.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP God
bless
you
all.\par }