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I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give none occasion to the adversary for reviling:

for already some are turned aside after Satan.

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his hire.

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out;

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is [life] indeed.

For the which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

For the which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:

if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, meet for the master’s use, prepared unto every good work.

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,

But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be evident unto all men, as theirs also came to be.