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I charge you in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,

Charge those who are rich in this present world, that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord.

I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and discipline.

Don't be ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner; but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him; if perhaps God may give them repentance to the knowledge of the truth,

traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

Every writing inspired by God is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness,

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

I charge you therefore before God and the Lord, Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before eternal times;

but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God, our Savior;

to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God, the Father, and the Lord, Jesus Christ, our Savior.

They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.