Study Desk

But keep away from godless babbling, for those who engage in it will only become more ungodly,

In a large house there are dishes and pots not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. That is, some are meant for honorable use and some for dishonorable.

If a person keeps himself free of defilement by the latter, he will be a vessel set aside for honorable use by the master of the house and ready for every kind of good work.

Also he should be gentle as he corrects his opponents. For God may perhaps grant them the opportunity to turn from their sins, acquire full knowledge of the truth,

For some of them worm their way into homes and get control of weak-willed women who are heaped with sins and swayed by various impulses,

All Scripture is God-breathed and is valuable for teaching the truth, convicting of sin, correcting faults and training in right living;

thus anyone who belongs to God may be fully equipped for every good work.

For the time is coming when people will not have patience for sound teaching, but will cater to their passions and gather around themselves teachers who say whatever their ears itch to hear.

For as for me, I am already being poured out on the altar; yes, the time for my departure has arrived.

All that awaits me now is the crown of righteousness which the Lord, "the Righteous Judge," will award to me on that Day — and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for him to appear.

For Demas, because he has fallen in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone off to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia; Titus has gone to Dalmatia —

But the Lord stood by me and gave me power to proclaim the full message for all the Goyim to hear, and I was rescued from the lion's mouth .

A leader must be blameless, husband to one wife, with believing children who do not have a reputation for being wild or rebellious.

For an overseer, as someone entrusted with God's affairs, must be blameless — he must not be self-willed or quick-tempered, he must not drink excessively, get into fights or be greedy for dishonest gain.

For there are many, especially from the Circumcision faction, who are rebellious, who delude people's minds with their worthless and misleading talk.

They must be silenced; because they are upsetting entire households by teaching what they have no business teaching, and doing it for the sake of dishonest gain.

and it's true! For this reason, you must be severe when you rebuke those who have followed this false teaching, so that they will come to be sound in their trust

For God's grace, which brings deliverance, has appeared to all people.

He gave himself up on our behalf in order to free us from all violation of Torah and purify for himself a people who would be his own, eager to do good.

For at one time, we too were foolish and disobedient, deceived and enslaved by a variety of passions and pleasures. We spent our lives in evil and envy; people hated us, and we hated each other.