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The next file is: 1TIMOTHY
1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God
 our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, [who is] our hope;
1:2 To Timothy, [my] own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, [and]
 peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went
 into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach
 no other doctrine,
1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which
 minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in
 faith; [so do].
1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure
 heart, and [of] a good conscience, and [of] faith unfeigned:
1:6 From which some having swerved, have turned aside to vain
 jangling;
1:7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither
 what they say, nor concerning what they affirm.
1:8 But we know that the law [is] good, if a man useth it
 lawfully;
1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man,
 but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for
 sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers, and
 murderers of mothers, for man-slayers,
1:10 For lewd persons, for them that defile themselves with
 mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and
 if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
1:11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which
 was committed to my trust.
1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for
 that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and
 injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly
 in unbelief:
1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith
 and love which is in Christ Jesus.
1:15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation,
 that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom
 I am chief.
1:16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first
 Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern
 to them who should hereafter believe on him to life
 everlasting.
1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, God the only
 wise, [be] honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1:18 This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy, according to the
 prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mayest
 war a good warfare;
1:19 Holding faith and a good conscience; which some having put
 away, concerning faith have made shipwreck:
1:20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered to
 Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
2:1 I exhort therefore, that first of all supplications,
 prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks be made for all
 men;
2:2 For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may
 lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
2:3 For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our
 Savior;
2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the
 knowledge of the truth.
2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and
 men, the man Christ Jesus;
2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due
 time.
2:7 For which I am ordained a preacher and an apostle, (I speak
 the truth in Christ, [and] lie not) a teacher of the Gentiles
 in faith and verity.
2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy
 hands, without wrath and doubting.
2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in decent
 apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or
 gold, or pearls, or costly array,
2:10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good
 works.
2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority
 over the man, but to be in silence.
2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was
 in the transgression.
2:15 Notwithstanding, she will be saved in child-bearing, if
 they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with
 sobriety.
3:1 This [is] a true saying, If a man desireth the office of a
 bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
 vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to
 teach;
3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre,
 but patient; not a brawler, not covetous;
3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in
 subjection with all gravity;
3:5 (For if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how
 shall he take care of the church of God?)
3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into
 the condemnation of the devil.
3:7 Moreover, he must have a good report of them who are
 without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
3:8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not double-tongued,
 not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,
3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the
 office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
3:11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers,
 sober, faithful in all things.
3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their
 children, and their own houses well.
3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well,
 purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the
 faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
3:14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee
 shortly:
3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou
 oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the
 church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
3:16 And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness:
 God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by
 angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world,
 received up into glory.
4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
 some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
 spirits and doctrines of demons;
4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared
 with a hot iron;
4:3 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats,
 which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them
 who believe and know the truth.
4:4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be
 refused, if received with thanksgiving:
4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.
4:6 If thou shalt put the brethren in remembrance of these
 things, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished
 by the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which thou hast
 attained.
4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise
 thyself [rather] to godliness.
4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is
 profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now
 is, and of that which is to come.
4:9 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation.
4:10 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we
 trust in the living God who is the Savior of all men,
 especially of those that believe.
4:11 These things command and teach.
4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the
 believers, in word, in deportment, in charity, in spirit, in
 faith, in purity.
4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to
 doctrine.
4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee
 by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them;
 that thy profiting may appear to all.
4:16 Take heed to thyself and to thy doctrine; continue in them:
 for in doing this thou wilt both save thyself, and them that
 hear thee.
5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but entreat [him] as a father; [and]
 the younger men as brethren;
5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all
 purity.
5:3 Honor widows that are widows indeed.
5:4 But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn
 first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for
 that is good and acceptable before God.
5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in
 God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure, is dead while she liveth.
5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
5:8 But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for
 those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse
 than an infidel.
5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years
 old, having been the wife of one man.
5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up
 children, if she hath lodged strangers, if she hath washed the
 saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath
 diligently followed every good work.
5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to
 grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;
5:12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first
 faith.
5:13 And at the same time they learn [to be] idle, wandering
 about from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers
 also, and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.
5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
 children, guide the house, give no occasion to the adversary to
 speak reproachfully.
5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.
5:16 If any man or woman that believeth hath widows, let them
 relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may
 relieve them that are widows indeed.
5:17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double
 honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that
 treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer [is] worthy of his
 reward.
5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two
 or three witnesses.
5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
5:21 I charge [thee] before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and
 the elect angels, that thou observe these things without
 preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
5:22 Impose hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of
 other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy
 stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities.
5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to
 judgment: and some [men] they follow after.
5:25 Likewise also the good works [of some] are manifest
 beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own
 masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and [his]
 doctrine may not be blasphemed.
6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise
 [them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them]
 service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of
 the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
6:3 If any man teacheth otherwise, and consenteth not to
 wholesome words, [even] the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
 the doctrine which is according to godliness,
6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and
 strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings,
 evil surmisings,
6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute
 of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness: from such
 withdraw thyself.
6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
6:7 For we brought nothing into [this] world, [and it is]
 certain we can carry nothing out.
6:8 And having food and raiment, with these let us be content.
6:9 But they that will be rich, fall into temptation, and a
 snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown
 men in destruction and perdition.
6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while
 some have coveted, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
 themselves through with many sorrows.
6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee from these things; and follow
 after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
 meekness.
6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to
 which thou art also called, and hast professed a good
 profession before many witnesses.
6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who maketh alive
 all things, and [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius
 Pilate testified a good confession;
6:14 That thou keep [this] commandment without spot,
 unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
6:15 Which in his times he will show [who is] the blessed and
 only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no
 man can approach; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom
 [be] honor and power everlasting. Amen.
6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not
 high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living
 God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready
 to distribute, willing to communicate;
6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against
 the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust,
 avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of
 science falsely so called;
6:21 Which some professing, have erred concerning the faith.
 Grace [be] with thee. Amen.