Study Desk

As I counseled you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus, so that you may order certain people who are teaching a different doctrine to stop.

We are aware that Torah is not for a person who is righteous, but for those who are heedless of Torah and rebellious, ungodly and sinful, wicked and worldly, for people who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

So to the King — eternal, imperishable and invisible, the only God there is — let there be honor and glory for ever and ever! Amen.

First of all, then, I counsel that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all human beings,

For God is one ; and there is but one Mediator between God and humanity, Yeshua the Messiah, himself human,

Rather, they should adorn themselves with what is appropriate for women who claim to be worshipping God, namely, good deeds.

For Adam was formed first, then Havah.

for if a man can't manage his own household, how will he be able to care for God's Messianic Community?

Likewise, the shammashim must be of good character, people whose word can be trusted. They must not give themselves to excessive drinking or be greedy for dishonest gain.

For those who serve well as shammashim gain good standing for themselves and much boldness in the trust that comes through Yeshua the Messiah.

For everything created by God is good, and nothing received with thanksgiving needs to be rejected,

For although physical exercise does have some value, godliness is valuable for everything, since it holds promise both for the present life and for the life to come.

(indeed, it is for this that we toil and strive): we have our hope set on a living God who is the deliverer of all humanity, especially of those who trust.

Pay attention to yourself and to the teaching, continue in it, for by so doing you will deliver both yourself and those who hear you.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, first let them learn to do their religious duty to their own family and thus repay some of the debt they owe their forebears, for this is what is acceptable in the sight of God.

Moreover, anyone who does not provide for his own people, especially for his family, has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

and is known for her good deeds — as one who has reared her children well, showed hospitality, washed the feet of God's people, helped those in trouble, and engaged in all kinds of good work.

But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they begin to feel natural passions that alienate them from the Messiah, they want to get married.

This brings them under condemnation for having set aside the trust they had at first.

Therefore, I would rather the young widows get married, have children and take charge of their homes, so as to give the opposition no occasion for slandering us.