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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

so that, if I am delayed, you will know how each one must conduct himself in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.

But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

which God will bring about in His own time-He who is blessed and the only Sovereign One, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.