4:1But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons

4:2speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,

4:3forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.

4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;

4:5for it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing him.

4:6Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.

4:7But profane and old wives' fables avoid, but exercise thyself unto piety;

4:8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.

4:9The word is faithful and worthy of all acceptation;

4:10for, for this we labour and suffer reproach, because we hope in a living God, who is preserver of all men, specially of those that believe.

4:11Enjoin and teach these things.

4:12Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

4:13Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

4:14Be not negligent of the gift that is in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.

4:15Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.

4:16Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee.

5:1Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren,

5:2elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

5:3Honour widows who are really widows;

5:4but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

5:5Now she who is a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put her hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

5:6But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead while living.

5:7And these things enjoin, that they may be irreproachable.

5:8But if any one does not provide for his own, and specially for those of his house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbeliever.

5:9Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

5:10borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

5:11But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

5:12being guilty, because they have cast off their first faith.

5:13And, at the same time, they learn also to be idle, going about to people's houses; and not only idle, but also gossipers and meddlers, speaking things not becoming.

5:14I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.

5:15For already some have turned aside after Satan.

5:16If any believing man or woman have widows, let them impart relief to them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those that are widows indeed.

5:17Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;

5:18for the scripture says, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox that treadeth out corn, and, The workman is worthy of his hire.

5:19Against an elder receive not an accusation unless where there are two or three witnesses.

5:20Those that sin convict before all, that the rest also may have fear.

5:21I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing by favour.

5:22Lay hands quickly on no man, nor partake in others' sins. Keep thyself pure.

5:23Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.

5:24Of some men the sins are manifest beforehand, going before to judgment, and some also they follow after.

5:25In like manner good works also are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise cannot be hid.

6:1Let as many bondmen as are under yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the teaching be not blasphemed.

6:2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but let them the rather serve them with subjection, because they are faithful and beloved, who profit by the good and ready service rendered. These things teach and exhort.

6:3If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which is according to piety,

6:4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions,

6:5constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety.

6:6But piety with contentment *is* great gain.

6:7For we have brought nothing into the world: it is manifest that neither can we carry anything out.

6:8But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.

6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

6:10For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

6:11But *thou*, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit.

6:12Strive earnestly in the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

6:13I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,

6:14that thou keep the commandment spotless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

6:15which in its own time the blessed and only Ruler shall shew, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that exercise lordship;

6:16who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen.

6:17Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

6:18to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,

6:19laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of what is really life.

6:20O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,

6:21of which some having made profession, have missed the faith. Grace be with thee.