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to Timotheos, my true son in the faith: grace and mercy and peace from Aloha our Father and Jeshu Meshiha our Lord.

4 nor throw themselves (away) upon stories and tales of generations which have no end, [fn] (but) which rather subserve contentions, and not edification in the faith of Aloha.

5 But the end [fn] of the commandment is love, from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from genuine faith.

who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious; but I received mercy, because while ignorant I did it, without faith.

But in me hath abounded the grace of our Lord, and faith and love which are in Jeshu Meshiha.

18 This commandment I commit to thee, my son Timotheos, according to the early [fn] prophecies which were concerning thee, that thou mayest war through them this good warfare with faith and with a good conscience.

For those who this have put away from them of faith have been emptied;

of which I am constituted an herald and an apostle, I say the truth and lie not, to be a teacher of the nations in the faith of the truth.

But she is saved by her children, if they continue in faith, and in love, and in sanctification, and in chastity.

But they shall hold the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

For they who minister well, a good degree acquire for themselves, and much openness of face in the faith of Jeshu Meshiha.

But the Spirit distinctly saith, that in the last times some will remove from the faith, and will go after deceiving spirits, and after doctrines of demons.

These if thou shalt teach thy brethren, a good minister wilt thou be of Jeshu Meshiha, while thou wilt be enlarged with words of faith and of the good doctrine which thou hast learned.

And let no man despise thy youth; but be an example to the believers in word, and in conduct, and in charity, and in faith, and in purity.

For if a man hath not care of them who are his own, and especially of them who are children of the household of faith, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than those who believe not.

For the root of all evil is the love of money; and there are who have coveted it, and from the faith have erred, and have made themselves enter into many sorrows.

But thou, O man of God, from these things flee, and follow after righteousness, and after equity, and after faith, and after charity, and after patience, and after meekness.

And contend in the good agony of faith, and lay hold of the life which is eternal, unto which thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses.

For they who pursue it err from the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.