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    <book number='54' name='1 Timothy' abbreviation='1 Tim' testament='new'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='3972'>Paul</strongs>, an <strongs greek='652'>apostle</strongs>of <strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>by</strongs>the <strongs greek='2003'>commandment</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='4990'>Savior</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='1680'>hope</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Unto <strongs greek='5095'>Timothy</strongs>, <em>my</em> <strongs greek='1103'>own</strongs><strongs greek='5043'>son</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>: <strongs greek='5485'>Grace</strongs>, <strongs greek='1656'>mercy</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs greek='1515'>peace</strongs>, <strongs greek='575'>from</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='3962'>Father</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='2531'>As</strongs>I <strongs greek='3870'>besought</strongs><strongs greek='4571'>thee</strongs>to abide <strongs greek='4357'>still</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>at</strongs><strongs greek='2181'>Ephesus</strongs>, when I <strongs greek='4198'>went</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs><strongs greek='3109'>Macedonia</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>thou mightest <strongs greek='3853'>charge</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>that they teach no other <strongs greek='2085 3361'>doctrine</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='3366'>Neither</strongs>give <strongs greek='4337'>heed</strongs>to <strongs greek='3454'>fables</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='562'>endless</strongs><strongs greek='1076'>genealogies</strongs>, <strongs greek='3748'>which</strongs><strongs greek='3930'>minister</strongs><strongs greek='2214'>questions</strongs>, <strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>than</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>godly</strongs><strongs greek='3622'>edifying</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>which</strongs>is <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>: <em>so</em> <em>do.</em> </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5056'>end</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3852'>commandment</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>out <strongs greek='1537'>of</strongs>a <strongs greek='2513'>pure</strongs><strongs greek='2588'>heart</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>of</em> a <strongs greek='18'>good</strongs><strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><strongs greek='505'>unfeigned</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>From <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>having <strongs greek='795'>swerved</strongs>have turned <strongs greek='1624'>aside</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs>vain <strongs greek='3150'>jangling</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='2309'>Desiring</strongs>to <strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs>teachers of the <strongs greek='3547'>law</strongs>; <strongs greek='*3539'>understanding</strongs><strongs greek='3383'>neither</strongs><strongs greek='3739'>what</strongs>they <strongs greek='3004'>say</strongs>, <strongs greek='3383'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='4012 5101'>whereof</strongs>they <strongs greek='1226'>affirm</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>we <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>a <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='5530'>use</strongs><strongs greek='846'>it</strongs><strongs greek='3545'>lawfully</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1492'>Knowing</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>the <strongs greek='3551'>law</strongs>is <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2749'>made</strongs>for a righteous <strongs greek='1342'>man</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs>for the <strongs greek='459'>lawless</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='506'>disobedient</strongs>, for the <strongs greek='765'>ungodly</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>for <strongs greek='268'>sinners</strongs>, for <strongs greek='462'>unholy</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='952'>profane</strongs>, for murderers of <strongs greek='3964'>fathers</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>murderers of <strongs greek='3389'>mothers</strongs>, for <strongs greek='409'>manslayers</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='10'>For <strongs greek='4205'>whoremongers</strongs>, for them that defile themselves with <strongs greek='733'>mankind</strongs>, for <strongs greek='405'>menstealers</strongs>, for <strongs greek='5583'>liars</strongs>, for perjured <strongs greek='1965'>persons</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>if there be <strongs greek='1536'>any</strongs>other <strongs greek='2087'>thing</strongs>that is <strongs greek='480'>contrary</strongs>to <strongs greek='5198'>sound</strongs><strongs greek='1319'>doctrine</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='2596'>According</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glorious</strongs><strongs greek='2098'>gospel</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3107'>blessed</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>was <strongs greek='4100'>committed</strongs>to my <strongs greek='1473'>trust</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>I <strongs greek='2192 5485'>thank</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>, who hath <strongs greek='1743'>enabled</strongs><strongs greek='3165'>me</strongs>, for <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs>he <strongs greek='2233'>counted</strongs><strongs greek='3165'>me</strongs><strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs>, <strongs greek='5087'>putting</strongs>me <strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs>the <strongs greek='1248'>ministry</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Who <strongs greek='5607'>was</strongs><strongs greek='4386'>before</strongs>a <strongs greek='989'>blasphemer</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>a <strongs greek='1376'>persecutor</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5197'>injurious</strongs>: <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>I obtained <strongs greek='1653'>mercy</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>because</strongs>I <strongs greek='4160'>did</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs greek='50'>ignorantly</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='570'>unbelief</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5485'>grace</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>was exceeding <strongs greek='5250'>abundant</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='26'>love</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>which</strongs>is <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>This <em>is</em> a <strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>saying</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='514'>worthy</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='594'>acceptation</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='2064'>came</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>to <strongs greek='4982'>save</strongs><strongs greek='268'>sinners</strongs>; of <strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs><strongs greek='1510'>am</strongs><strongs greek='4413'>chief</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='235'>Howbeit</strongs>for this <strongs greek='1223 5124'>cause</strongs>I obtained <strongs greek='1653'>mercy</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='1698'>me</strongs><strongs greek='4413'>first</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>might show <strongs greek='1731'>forth</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='3115'>longsuffering</strongs>, <strongs greek='4314'>for</strongs>a <strongs greek='5296'>pattern</strongs>to them which should <strongs greek='3195'>hereafter</strongs><strongs greek='4100'>believe</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>on</strongs><strongs greek='846'>him</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2222'>life</strongs><strongs greek='166'>everlasting</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='935'>King</strongs><strongs greek='165'>eternal</strongs>, <strongs greek='862'>immortal</strongs>, <strongs greek='517'>invisible</strongs>, the <strongs greek='3441'>only</strongs><strongs greek='4680'>wise</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <em>be</em> <strongs greek='5092'>honor</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>forever and <strongs greek='1519 165 165'>ever</strongs>. <strongs greek='281'>Amen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='5026'>This</strongs><strongs greek='3852'>charge</strongs>I <strongs greek='3908'>commit</strongs>unto <strongs greek='4671'>thee</strongs>, <strongs greek='5043'>son</strongs><strongs greek='5095'>Timothy</strongs>, <strongs greek='2596'>according</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4394'>prophecies</strongs>which went <strongs greek='4254'>before</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>on</strongs><strongs greek='4571'>thee</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>thou <strongs greek='1722'>by</strongs><strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>mightest <strongs greek='4754'>war</strongs>a <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='4752'>warfare</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='2192'>Holding</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>a <strongs greek='18'>good</strongs><strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs>; <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>having put <strongs greek='683'>away</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>concerning</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>have made <strongs greek='3489'>shipwreck</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Of <strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='5211'>Hymenaeus</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='223'>Alexander</strongs>; <strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs>I have <strongs greek='3860'>delivered</strongs>unto <strongs greek='4567'>Satan</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>they may <strongs greek='3811'>learn</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='987'>blaspheme</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>I <strongs greek='3870'>exhort</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs>, that, <strongs greek='4412'>first</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>, <strongs greek='1162'>supplications</strongs>, <strongs greek='4335'>prayers</strongs>, <strongs greek='1783'>intercessions</strongs>, <em>and</em> giving of <strongs greek='2169'>thanks</strongs>, be <strongs greek='4160'>made</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='5228'>For</strongs><strongs greek='935'>kings</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>for</em> <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>that <strongs greek='5607'>are</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5247'>authority</strongs>; <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>we may <strongs greek='1236'>lead</strongs>a <strongs greek='2263'>quiet</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2272'>peaceable</strongs><strongs greek='979'>life</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4587'>honesty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='587'>acceptable</strongs>in the <strongs greek='1799'>sight</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='4990'>Savior</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='3739'>Who</strongs><strongs greek='2309'>will</strongs>have <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>to be <strongs greek='4982'>saved</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>unto</strongs>the <strongs greek='1922'>knowledge</strongs>of the <strongs greek='225'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='3316'>mediator</strongs>between <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>, the <strongs greek='444'>man</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Who <strongs greek='1325'>gave</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>himself</strongs>a <strongs greek='487'>ransom</strongs><strongs greek='5228'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>, to be <strongs greek='3142'>testified</strongs>in <strongs greek='2398'>due</strongs><strongs greek='2540'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1519 3739'>Whereunto</strongs><strongs greek='1473'>I</strongs>am <strongs greek='5087'>ordained</strongs>a <strongs greek='2783'>preacher</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>an <strongs greek='652'>apostle</strongs>, (I <strongs greek='3004'>speak</strongs>the <strongs greek='225'>truth</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs greek='5574'>lie</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>;) a <strongs greek='1320'>teacher</strongs>of the <strongs greek='1484'>Gentiles</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='225'>verity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>I <strongs greek='1014'>will</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs>that <strongs greek='435'>men</strongs><strongs greek='4336'>pray</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>every</strongs><strongs greek='5117'>where</strongs>, lifting <strongs greek='1869'>up</strongs><strongs greek='3741'>holy</strongs><strongs greek='5495'>hands</strongs>, <strongs greek='5565'>without</strongs><strongs greek='3709'>wrath</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1261'>doubting</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>In like <strongs greek='5615'>manner</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>, that <strongs greek='1135'>women</strongs><strongs greek='2885'>adorn</strongs><strongs greek='1438'>themselves</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='2887'>modest</strongs><strongs greek='2689'>apparel</strongs>, <strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='127'>shamefacedness</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4997'>sobriety</strongs>; <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs>braided <strongs greek='4117'>hair</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='5557'>gold</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='3135'>pearls</strongs>, <strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='4185'>costly</strongs><strongs greek='2441'>array</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='235'>But</strongs>( <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='4241'>becometh</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>women</strongs><strongs greek='1861'>professing</strongs><strongs greek='2317'>godliness</strongs>) <strongs greek='1223'>with</strongs><strongs greek='18'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>works</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Let the <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs><strongs greek='3129'>learn</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='2271'>silence</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='5292'>subjection</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>I <strongs greek='2010'>suffer</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>a <strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>to <strongs greek='1321'>teach</strongs>, <strongs greek='3761'>nor</strongs>to usurp authority <strongs greek='831'>over</strongs>the <strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs>to <strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='2271'>silence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='76'>Adam</strongs>was <strongs greek='4413'>first</strongs><strongs greek='4111'>formed</strongs>, <strongs greek='1534'>then</strongs><strongs greek='2096'>Eve</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs><strongs greek='76'>Adam</strongs>was <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='538'>deceived</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>woman</strongs>being <strongs greek='538'>deceived</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>was</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='3847'>transgression</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1161'>Notwithstanding</strongs>she shall be <strongs greek='4982'>saved</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5042'>childbearing</strongs>, <strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>they <strongs greek='3306'>continue</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='38'>holiness</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='4997'>sobriety</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'>This <em>is</em> a <strongs greek='4103'>true</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>saying</strongs>, If a <strongs greek='1536'>man</strongs><strongs greek='3713'>desire</strongs>the office of a <strongs greek='1984'>bishop</strongs>, he <strongs greek='1937'>desireth</strongs>a <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>A <strongs greek='1985'>bishop</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>then</strongs><strongs greek='1163'>must</strongs><strongs greek='1511'>be</strongs><strongs greek='423'>blameless</strongs>, the <strongs greek='435'>husband</strongs>of <strongs greek='3391'>one</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>, <strongs greek='3524'>vigilant</strongs>, <strongs greek='4998'>sober</strongs>, of good <strongs greek='2887'>behavior</strongs>, given to <strongs greek='5382'>hospitality</strongs>, apt to <strongs greek='1317'>teach</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='3361'>Not</strongs>given to <strongs greek='3943'>wine</strongs>, <strongs greek='3361'>no</strongs><strongs greek='4131'>striker</strongs>, <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>greedy of filthy <strongs greek='146'>lucre</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1933'>patient</strongs>, not a <strongs greek='269'>brawler</strongs>, not <strongs greek='866'>covetous</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>One that <strongs greek='4291'>ruleth</strongs><strongs greek='2573'>well</strongs>his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='3624'>house</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>having</strongs>his <strongs greek='5043'>children</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5292'>subjection</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='4587'>gravity</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>( <strongs greek='1161'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>a <strongs greek='5100'>man</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs>how to <strongs greek='4291'>rule</strongs>his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='3624'>house</strongs>, <strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs>shall he take care <strongs greek='1959'>of</strongs>the <strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>?) </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='3361'>Not</strongs>a <strongs greek='3504'>novice</strongs>, <strongs greek='3363'>lest</strongs>being lifted up with <strongs greek='5187'>pride</strongs>he <strongs greek='1706'>fall</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs>the <strongs greek='2917'>condemnation</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1228'>devil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1161'>Moreover</strongs><strongs greek='846'>he</strongs><strongs greek='1163 *2532'>must</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs>a <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='3141'>report</strongs><strongs greek='575'>of</strongs>them which are <strongs greek='1855'>without</strongs>; <strongs greek='3363'>lest</strongs>he <strongs greek='1706'>fall</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs><strongs greek='3680'>reproach</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='3803'>snare</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1228'>devil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='5615'>Likewise</strongs><em>must</em> the <strongs greek='1249'>deacons</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs greek='4586'>grave</strongs>, <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1351'>doubletongued</strongs>, <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='4337'>given</strongs>to <strongs greek='4183'>much</strongs><strongs greek='3631'>wine</strongs>, <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>greedy of filthy <strongs greek='146'>lucre</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='2192'>Holding</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3466'>mystery</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>a <strongs greek='2513'>pure</strongs><strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>let <strongs greek='3778'>these</strongs><strongs greek='1161'>also</strongs><strongs greek='4412'>first</strongs>be <strongs greek='1381'>proved</strongs>; <strongs greek='1534'>then</strongs>let them use the office of a <strongs greek='1247'>deacon</strongs>, <strongs greek='5607'>being</strongs><em>found</em> <strongs greek='410'>blameless</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Even <strongs greek='5615'>so</strongs><em>must</em> <em>their</em> <strongs greek='1135'>wives</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs greek='4586'>grave</strongs>, <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='1228'>slanderers</strongs>, <strongs greek='3524'>sober</strongs>, <strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Let the <strongs greek='1249'>deacons</strongs><strongs greek='2077'>be</strongs>the <strongs greek='435'>husbands</strongs>of <strongs greek='3391'>one</strongs><strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>, <strongs greek='4291'>ruling</strongs>their <strongs greek='5043'>children</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>their <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='3624'>houses</strongs><strongs greek='2573'>well</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>they that have used the office of a <strongs greek='1247'>deacon</strongs><strongs greek='2573'>well</strongs><strongs greek='4046'>purchase</strongs>to <strongs greek='1438'>themselves</strongs>a <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='898'>degree</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>great</strongs><strongs greek='3954'>boldness</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>which</strongs>is <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>These <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs><strongs greek='1125'>write</strongs>I unto <strongs greek='4671'>thee</strongs>, <strongs greek='1679'>hoping</strongs>to <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='4571'>thee</strongs><strongs greek='5032'>shortly</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1437'>if</strongs>I tarry <strongs greek='1019'>long</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>thou mayest <strongs greek='1492'>know</strongs><strongs greek='4459'>how</strongs>thou <strongs greek='1163'>oughtest</strongs>to behave <strongs greek='390'>thyself</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='3624'>house</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='3748'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2198'>living</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, the <strongs greek='4769'>pillar</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1477'>ground</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='225'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>without <strongs greek='3672'>controversy</strongs><strongs greek='3173'>great</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3466'>mystery</strongs>of <strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs>: <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>was <strongs greek='5319'>manifest</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='4561'>flesh</strongs>, <strongs greek='1344'>justified</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs>, <strongs greek='3700'>seen</strongs>of <strongs greek='32'>angels</strongs>, <strongs greek='2784'>preached</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>unto</strongs>the <strongs greek='1484'>Gentiles</strongs>, believed <strongs greek='4100'>on</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, received <strongs greek='353'>up</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>into</strongs><strongs greek='1391'>glory</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>Spirit</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>speaketh</strongs><strongs greek='4490'>expressly</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>that</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='5306'>latter</strongs><strongs greek='2540'>times</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>shall <strongs greek='868'>depart</strongs>from <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, giving <strongs greek='4337'>heed</strongs>to <strongs greek='4108'>seducing</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirits</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1319'>doctrines</strongs>of <strongs greek='1140'>devils</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Speaking <strongs greek='5573'>lies</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='5272'>hypocrisy</strongs>; having <strongs greek='2398'>their</strongs><strongs greek='4893'>conscience</strongs>seared with a hot <strongs greek='2743'>iron</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='2967'>Forbidding</strongs>to <strongs greek='1060'>marry</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>commanding</em> to <strongs greek='567'>abstain</strongs>from <strongs greek='1033'>meats</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>hath <strongs greek='2936'>created</strongs>to be <strongs greek='1519 3336'>received</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='2169'>thanksgiving</strongs>of them which <strongs greek='4103'>believe</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1921'>know</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='225'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='3754'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>every</strongs><strongs greek='2938'>creature</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>nothing</strongs>to be <strongs greek='579'>refused</strongs>, if it be <strongs greek='2983'>received</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='2169'>thanksgiving</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>it is <strongs greek='37'>sanctified</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs>the <strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1783'>prayer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>If thou put the brethren in <strongs greek='5294 3588 80'>remembrance</strongs>of these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs greek='2071'>be</strongs>a <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='1249'>minister</strongs>of <strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, nourished <strongs greek='1789'>up</strongs>in <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>words</strongs>of <strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>of <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='1319'>doctrine</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>whereunto</strongs>thou hast <strongs greek='3877'>attained</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='3868'>refuse</strongs><strongs greek='952'>profane</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>old <strongs greek='1126'>wives</strongs>' <strongs greek='3454'>fables</strongs>, <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1128'>exercise</strongs><strongs greek='4572'>thyself</strongs><em>rather</em> <strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs><strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='4984'>bodily</strongs><strongs greek='1129'>exercise</strongs><strongs greek='2076 5624'>profiteth</strongs><strongs greek='*3641'>little</strongs>: <strongs greek='1161'>but</strongs><strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='5624'>profitable</strongs><strongs greek='4314'>unto</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='2192'>having</strongs><strongs greek='1860'>promise</strongs>of the <strongs greek='2222'>life</strongs>that now <strongs greek='3568'>is</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>of that which is to <strongs greek='3195'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>This <em>is</em> a <strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>saying</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='514'>worthy</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='594'>acceptation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='1519 5124'>therefore</strongs>we <strongs greek='2532'>both</strongs><strongs greek='2872'>labor</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>suffer <strongs greek='3679'>reproach</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>because</strongs>we <strongs greek='1679'>trust</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='2198'>living</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>who</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='4990'>Savior</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>, <strongs greek='3122'>especially</strongs>of those that <strongs greek='4103'>believe</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>These <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs><strongs greek='3853'>command</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1321'>teach</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Let no <strongs greek='3367'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2706'>despise</strongs><strongs greek='4675'>thy</strongs><strongs greek='3503'>youth</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>be</strongs>thou an <strongs greek='5179'>example</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4103'>believers</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='391'>conversation</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='26'>charity</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='4151'>spirit</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='47'>purity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='2193'>Till</strongs>I <strongs greek='2064'>come</strongs>, give <strongs greek='4337'>attendance</strongs>to <strongs greek='320'>reading</strongs>, to <strongs greek='3874'>exhortation</strongs>, to <strongs greek='1319'>doctrine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs greek='272'>Neglect</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5486'>gift</strongs>that is <strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='4671'>thee</strongs>, <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>was <strongs greek='1325'>given</strongs><strongs greek='4671'>thee</strongs><strongs greek='1223'>by</strongs><strongs greek='4394'>prophecy</strongs>, <strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs>the laying <strongs greek='1936'>on</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='5495'>hands</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4244'>presbytery</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Meditate <strongs greek='3191'>upon</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs>; give thyself <strongs greek='2468'>wholly</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs><strongs greek='5125'>them</strongs>; <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='4675'>thy</strongs><strongs greek='4297'>profiting</strongs>may <strongs greek='5600 5318'>appear</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>to</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Take <strongs greek='1907'>heed</strongs>unto <strongs greek='4572'>thyself</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>unto <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1319'>doctrine</strongs>; <strongs greek='1961'>continue</strongs>in <strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs>in <strongs greek='4160'>doing</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>this</strongs>thou shalt <strongs greek='2532'>both</strongs><strongs greek='4982'>save</strongs><strongs greek='4572'>thyself</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>them that <strongs greek='191'>hear</strongs><strongs greek='4675'>thee</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs greek='1969'>Rebuke</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>an <strongs greek='4245'>elder</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3870'>entreat</strongs><em>him</em> <strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs>a <strongs greek='3962'>father</strongs>; <em>and</em> the younger <strongs greek='3501'>men</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The elder <strongs greek='4245'>women</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='3384'>mothers</strongs>; the <strongs greek='3501'>younger</strongs><strongs greek='5613'>as</strongs><strongs greek='79'>sisters</strongs>, <strongs greek='1722'>with</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='47'>purity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs greek='5091'>Honor</strongs><strongs greek='5503'>widows</strongs>that are <strongs greek='5503'>widows</strongs><strongs greek='3689'>indeed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>any</strongs><strongs greek='5503'>widow</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='5043'>children</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='1549'>nephews</strongs>, let them <strongs greek='3129'>learn</strongs><strongs greek='4412'>first</strongs>to show <strongs greek='2151'>piety</strongs><strongs greek='*2398'>at</strongs><strongs greek='3624'>home</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='591 287'>requite</strongs>their <strongs greek='4269'>parents</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='5124'>that</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='587'>acceptable</strongs><strongs greek='1799'>before</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs greek='1161'>Now</strongs>she that is a <strongs greek='5503'>widow</strongs><strongs greek='3689'>indeed</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3443'>desolate</strongs>, <strongs greek='1679'>trusteth</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>in</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4357'>continueth</strongs>in <strongs greek='1162'>supplications</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4335'>prayers</strongs><strongs greek='3571'>night</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2250'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>she that liveth in <strongs greek='4684'>pleasure</strongs>is <strongs greek='2348'>dead</strongs>while she <strongs greek='2198'>liveth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs>give in <strongs greek='3853'>charge</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>they may <strongs greek='5600'>be</strongs><strongs greek='423'>blameless</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>any</strongs>provide not <strongs greek='4306 3756'>for</strongs>his <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3122'>especially</strongs>for those of his own <strongs greek='3609'>house</strongs>, he hath <strongs greek='720'>denied</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='5501'>worse</strongs>than an <strongs greek='571'>infidel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Let <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>a <strongs greek='5503'>widow</strongs>be taken into the <strongs greek='2639'>number</strongs><strongs greek='1640'>under</strongs><strongs greek='1835'>threescore</strongs><strongs greek='2094'>years</strongs>old, having <strongs greek='1096'>been</strongs>the <strongs greek='1135'>wife</strongs>of <strongs greek='1520'>one</strongs><strongs greek='435'>man</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Well reported <strongs greek='3140'>of</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>for</strongs><strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>works</strongs>; <strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>she have brought up <strongs greek='5044'>children</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>she have lodged <strongs greek='3580'>strangers</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>she have <strongs greek='3538'>washed</strongs>the <strongs greek='40'>saints</strongs>' <strongs greek='4228'>feet</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>she have <strongs greek='1884'>relieved</strongs>the <strongs greek='2346'>afflicted</strongs>, <strongs greek='1487'>if</strongs>she have diligently <strongs greek='1872'>followed</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>every</strongs><strongs greek='18'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>the <strongs greek='3501'>younger</strongs><strongs greek='5503'>widows</strongs><strongs greek='3868'>refuse</strongs>: <strongs greek='1063'>for</strongs><strongs greek='3752'>when</strongs>they have begun to wax wanton <strongs greek='2691'>against</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, they <strongs greek='2309'>will</strongs><strongs greek='1060'>marry</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='2192'>Having</strongs><strongs greek='2917'>damnation</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>because</strongs>they have cast <strongs greek='114'>off</strongs>their <strongs greek='4413'>first</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='260'>withal</strongs>they <strongs greek='3129'>learn</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs greek='692'>idle</strongs>, wandering about from house to <strongs greek='4022 3614'>house</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3440'>only</strongs><strongs greek='692'>idle</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5397'>tattlers</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4021'>busybodies</strongs>, <strongs greek='2980'>speaking</strongs>things which they <strongs greek='1163'>ought</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I <strongs greek='1014'>will</strongs><strongs greek='3767'>therefore</strongs>that the younger <strongs greek='3501'>women</strongs><strongs greek='1060'>marry</strongs>, bear <strongs greek='5041'>children</strongs>, guide the <strongs greek='3616'>house</strongs>, <strongs greek='1325'>give</strongs><strongs greek='3367'>none</strongs><strongs greek='874'>occasion</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='480'>adversary</strongs>to speak <strongs greek='5484 3059'>reproachfully</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>are <strongs greek='2235'>already</strongs>turned <strongs greek='1624'>aside</strongs><strongs greek='3694'>after</strongs><strongs greek='4567'>Satan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>If <strongs greek='1536'>any</strongs><strongs greek='4103'>man</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs>woman that <strongs greek='4103'>believeth</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='5503'>widows</strongs>, let them <strongs greek='1884'>relieve</strongs><strongs greek='846'>them</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>let <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1577'>church</strongs>be <strongs greek='916'>charged</strongs>; <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>it may <strongs greek='1884'>relieve</strongs>them that are <strongs greek='5503'>widows</strongs><strongs greek='3689'>indeed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Let <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4245'>elders</strongs>that <strongs greek='4291'>rule</strongs><strongs greek='2573'>well</strongs>be counted <strongs greek='515'>worthy</strongs>of <strongs greek='1362'>double</strongs><strongs greek='5092'>honor</strongs>, <strongs greek='3122'>especially</strongs>they who <strongs greek='2872'>labor</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>the <strongs greek='3056'>word</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='1319'>doctrine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1124'>Scripture</strongs><strongs greek='3004'>saith</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs greek='3756'>not</strongs><strongs greek='5392'>muzzle</strongs>the <strongs greek='1016'>ox</strongs>that treadeth <strongs greek='248'>out</strongs>the corn. <strongs greek='2532'>And</strongs>, <strongs greek='3588'>The</strongs><strongs greek='2040'>laborer</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs greek='514'>worthy</strongs>of <strongs greek='848'>his</strongs><strongs greek='3408'>reward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs greek='2596'>Against</strongs>an <strongs greek='4245'>elder</strongs><strongs greek='3858'>receive</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>an <strongs greek='2724'>accusation</strongs>, <strongs greek='1622 1508'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>before</strongs><strongs greek='1417'>two</strongs><strongs greek='2228'>or</strongs><strongs greek='5140'>three</strongs><strongs greek='3144'>witnesses</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Them that <strongs greek='264'>sin</strongs><strongs greek='1651'>rebuke</strongs><strongs greek='1799'>before</strongs><strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3062'>others</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs>may <strongs greek='2192 5401'>fear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>I <strongs greek='1263'>charge</strongs><em>thee</em> <strongs greek='1799'>before</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>the <strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1588'>elect</strongs><strongs greek='32'>angels</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>thou <strongs greek='5442'>observe</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs><strongs greek='5565'>without</strongs>preferring one before <strongs greek='4299'>another</strongs>, <strongs greek='4160'>doing</strongs><strongs greek='3367'>nothing</strongs><strongs greek='2596'>by</strongs><strongs greek='4346'>partiality</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs greek='2007'>Lay</strongs><strongs greek='5495'>hands</strongs><strongs greek='5030'>suddenly</strongs>on no <strongs greek='3367'>man</strongs>, <strongs greek='3366'>neither</strongs>be <strongs greek='2841'>partaker</strongs>of other <strongs greek='245'>men</strongs>'s <strongs greek='266'>sins</strongs>: <strongs greek='5083'>keep</strongs><strongs greek='4572'>thyself</strongs><strongs greek='53'>pure</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Drink no longer <strongs greek='5202 3371'>water</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='5530'>use</strongs>a <strongs greek='3641'>little</strongs><strongs greek='3631'>wine</strongs>for thy stomach's <strongs greek='1223 4675 4751'>sake</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4675'>thine</strongs><strongs greek='4437'>often</strongs><strongs greek='769'>infirmities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs greek='5100'>Some</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>'s <strongs greek='266'>sins</strongs><strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs>open <strongs greek='4271'>beforehand</strongs>, going <strongs greek='4254'>before</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>to</strongs><strongs greek='2920'>judgment</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs><em>men</em> <strongs greek='*2532'>they</strongs>follow <strongs greek='1872'>after</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs greek='5615'>Likewise</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2041'>works</strongs><em>of</em> <em>some</em> <strongs greek='2076'>are</strongs>manifest <strongs greek='4271'>beforehand</strongs>; <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>they that <strongs greek='2192'>are</strongs><strongs greek='247'>otherwise</strongs><strongs greek='1410 3756'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs greek='2928'>hid</strongs>. </verse>
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        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'>Let as <strongs greek='3745'>many</strongs><strongs greek='1401'>servants</strongs>as <strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='5259'>under</strongs>the <strongs greek='2218'>yoke</strongs><strongs greek='2233'>count</strongs>their <strongs greek='2398'>own</strongs><strongs greek='1203'>masters</strongs><strongs greek='514'>worthy</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='5092'>honor</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3686'>name</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs greek='1319'>doctrine</strongs>be <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='987'>blasphemed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs>they that <strongs greek='2192'>have</strongs><strongs greek='4103'>believing</strongs><strongs greek='1203'>masters</strongs>, let them <strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs><strongs greek='2706'>despise</strongs><em>them,</em> <strongs greek='3754'>because</strongs>they <strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='80'>brethren</strongs>; <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3123'>rather</strongs>do <em>them</em> <strongs greek='1398'>service</strongs>, <strongs greek='3754'>because</strongs>they <strongs greek='1526'>are</strongs><strongs greek='4103'>faithful</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='27'>beloved</strongs>, <strongs greek='482'>partakers</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2108'>benefit</strongs>. These <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs><strongs greek='1321'>teach</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3870'>exhort</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>If any <strongs greek='1536'>man</strongs>teach <strongs greek='2085'>otherwise</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4334'>consent</strongs><strongs greek='3361'>not</strongs>to <strongs greek='5198'>wholesome</strongs><strongs greek='3056'>words</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs greek='3588'>words</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>to <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='1319'>doctrine</strongs>which is <strongs greek='2596'>according</strongs>to <strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>He is <strongs greek='5187'>proud</strongs>, <strongs greek='1987'>knowing</strongs><strongs greek='3367'>nothing</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='3552'>doting</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>about</strongs><strongs greek='2214'>questions</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>strifes of <strongs greek='3055'>words</strongs>, <strongs greek='1537 3739'>whereof</strongs><strongs greek='1096'>cometh</strongs><strongs greek='5355'>envy</strongs>, <strongs greek='2054'>strife</strongs>, <strongs greek='988'>railings</strongs>, <strongs greek='4190'>evil</strongs><strongs greek='5283'>surmisings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Perverse <strongs greek='3859'>disputings</strongs>of <strongs greek='444'>men</strongs>of <strongs greek='1311'>corrupt</strongs><strongs greek='3563'>minds</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='650'>destitute</strongs>of <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='225'>truth</strongs>, <strongs greek='3543'>supposing</strongs>that <strongs greek='4200'>gain</strongs><strongs greek='1511'>is</strongs><strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs>: <strongs greek='575'>from</strongs><strongs greek='5108'>such</strongs>withdraw <strongs greek='868'>thyself</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs><strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='841'>contentment</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs><strongs greek='3173'>great</strongs><strongs greek='4200'>gain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs>we <strongs greek='1533'>brought</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>nothing</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs><em>this</em> <strongs greek='2889'>world</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='1212'>certain</strongs><strongs greek='*3761'>we</strongs><strongs greek='1410'>can</strongs>carry nothing <strongs greek='1627 5100'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs greek='1161'>And</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>having</strongs><strongs greek='1305'>food</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='4629'>raiment</strongs>let us be therewith <strongs greek='714 5125'>content</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs>they that <strongs greek='1014'>will</strongs>be <strongs greek='4147'>rich</strongs><strongs greek='1706'>fall</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>into</strongs><strongs greek='3986'>temptation</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>a <strongs greek='3803'>snare</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>into</em> <strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='453'>foolish</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='983'>hurtful</strongs><strongs greek='1939'>lusts</strongs>, <strongs greek='3748'>which</strongs><strongs greek='1036'>drown</strongs><strongs greek='444'>men</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3639'>destruction</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='684'>perdition</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs greek='1063'>For</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>love of <strongs greek='5365'>money</strongs><strongs greek='2076'>is</strongs>the <strongs greek='4491'>root</strongs>of <strongs greek='3956'>all</strongs><strongs greek='2556'>evil</strongs>: <strongs greek='3739'>which</strongs>while <strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs>coveted <strongs greek='3713'>after</strongs>, they have <strongs greek='635'>erred</strongs><strongs greek='575'>from</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>pierced themselves <strongs greek='4044 1438'>through</strongs>with <strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='3601'>sorrows</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs greek='1161'>But</strongs><strongs greek='4771'>thou</strongs>, <strongs greek='5599'>O</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, <strongs greek='5343'>flee</strongs>these <strongs greek='5023'>things</strongs>; <strongs greek='1161'>and</strongs>follow <strongs greek='1377'>after</strongs><strongs greek='1343'>righteousness</strongs>, <strongs greek='2150'>godliness</strongs>, <strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, <strongs greek='26'>love</strongs>, <strongs greek='5281'>patience</strongs>, <strongs greek='4236'>meekness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs greek='75'>Fight</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='73'>fight</strongs>of <strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>, lay hold <strongs greek='1949'>on</strongs><strongs greek='166'>eternal</strongs><strongs greek='2222'>life</strongs>, <strongs greek='1519 3739'>whereunto</strongs>thou art <strongs greek='2532'>also</strongs><strongs greek='2564'>called</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs>hast <strongs greek='3670'>professed</strongs>a <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='3671'>profession</strongs><strongs greek='1799'>before</strongs><strongs greek='4183'>many</strongs><strongs greek='3144'>witnesses</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>I give thee <strongs greek='3853 4671'>charge</strongs>in the <strongs greek='1799'>sight</strongs>of <strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, who <strongs greek='2227'>quickeneth</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><em>before</em> <strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs>, who <strongs greek='1909'>before</strongs><strongs greek='4194'>Pontius</strongs><strongs greek='4091'>Pilate</strongs><strongs greek='3140'>witnessed</strongs>a <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='3671'>confession</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'>That <strongs greek='4571'>thou</strongs><strongs greek='5083'>keep</strongs><em>this</em> <strongs greek='1785'>commandment</strongs>without <strongs greek='784'>spot</strongs>, <strongs greek='423'>unrebukable</strongs>, <strongs greek='3360'>until</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2015'>appearing</strongs>of <strongs greek='2257'>our</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs><strongs greek='2424'>Jesus</strongs><strongs greek='5547'>Christ</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs greek='3739'>Which</strongs>in <strongs greek='2398'>his</strongs><strongs greek='2540'>times</strongs>he shall <strongs greek='1166'>show</strongs>, <em>who</em> <em>is</em> <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='3107'>blessed</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='3441'>only</strongs><strongs greek='1413'>Potentate</strongs>, <strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='935'>King</strongs>of <strongs greek='936'>kings</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2962'>Lord</strongs>of <strongs greek='2961'>lords</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs greek='3588'>Who</strongs><strongs greek='3441'>only</strongs><strongs greek='2192'>hath</strongs><strongs greek='110'>immortality</strongs>, <strongs greek='3611'>dwelling</strongs>in the <strongs greek='5457'>light</strongs>which no man can approach <strongs greek='676'>unto</strongs>; <strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><strongs greek='3762'>no</strongs><strongs greek='444'>man</strongs>hath <strongs greek='1492'>seen</strongs>, <strongs greek='3761'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='1410'>can</strongs><strongs greek='1492'>see</strongs>: to <strongs greek='3739'>whom</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs greek='5092'>honor</strongs><strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='2904'>power</strongs><strongs greek='166'>everlasting</strongs>. <strongs greek='281'>Amen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs greek='3853'>Charge</strongs>them that are <strongs greek='4145'>rich</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs>this <strongs greek='3568 165'>world</strongs>, that they be not <strongs greek='5309 3361'>highminded</strongs>; <strongs greek='3366'>nor</strongs><strongs greek='1679'>trust</strongs><strongs greek='1909'>in</strongs><strongs greek='83'>uncertain</strongs><strongs greek='4149'>riches</strongs>, <strongs greek='235'>but</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='2198'>living</strongs><strongs greek='2316'>God</strongs>, who <strongs greek='3930'>giveth</strongs><strongs greek='2254'>us</strongs><strongs greek='4146'>richly</strongs>all <strongs greek='3956'>things</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>to</strongs><strongs greek='619'>enjoy</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='18'>That they do <strongs greek='14'>good</strongs>, that they be <strongs greek='4147'>rich</strongs><strongs greek='1722'>in</strongs><strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2041 *1511'>works</strongs>, ready to <strongs greek='2130'>distribute</strongs>, willing to <strongs greek='2843'>communicate</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Laying up in <strongs greek='597'>store</strongs>for <strongs greek='1438'>themselves</strongs>a <strongs greek='2570'>good</strongs><strongs greek='2310'>foundation</strongs><strongs greek='1519'>against</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs>time to <strongs greek='3195'>come</strongs>, <strongs greek='2443'>that</strongs>they may lay hold <strongs greek='1949'>on</strongs><strongs greek='166'>eternal</strongs><strongs greek='2222'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs greek='5599'>O</strongs><strongs greek='5095'>Timothy</strongs>, <strongs greek='5442'>keep</strongs>that which is committed to thy <strongs greek='3872'>trust</strongs>, <strongs greek='1624'>avoiding</strongs><strongs greek='952'>profane</strongs><em>and</em> vain <strongs greek='2757'>babblings</strongs>, <strongs greek='2532'>and</strongs><strongs greek='477'>oppositions</strongs>of <strongs greek='1108'>science</strongs>falsely so <strongs greek='5581'>called</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs greek='3739'>Which</strongs><strongs greek='5100'>some</strongs><strongs greek='1861'>professing</strongs>have <strongs greek='795'>erred</strongs><strongs greek='4012'>concerning</strongs><strongs greek='3588'>the</strongs><strongs greek='4102'>faith</strongs>. <strongs greek='5485'>Grace</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs greek='3326'>with</strongs><strongs greek='4675'>thee</strongs>. <strongs greek='281'>Amen</strongs>. </verse>
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