Ephesians -1 Timothy PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints that are in Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints that are in Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: ² grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ, ⁴ according as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love, ⁵ having predestinated us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, ⁶ for the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he has shown us favor in the Beloved, ⁷ in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace, ⁸ which he has made to abound to us in all wisdom and understanding, ⁹ by making known to us the mystery of his will according to his good purpose which he had before established in himself, ¹⁰ for a dispensation at the fullness of the times, in order that he might bring together for himself all things in the Christ, both those which are in the heavens, and those which are on earth; ¹¹ in him in whom we have obtained our portion, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, ¹² that we should be for the praise of his glory; even we, who before had hope in the Christ: ¹³ in whom you also hoped after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom, after you also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴ which is the earnest of our inheritance, given for the redemption of his possession to the praise of his glory. ¹⁵ For this reason I also, since I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and your love to all the saints, ¹⁶ do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the acknowledgment of him, ¹⁸ that, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the glorious riches of his inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to ward us who believe in accordance with the energy of his mighty power, ²⁰ which he made active in the Christ when he raised him from the dead, and caused him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ high above every principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come; ²² and subjected all things under his feet, and made him head over all things for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all his members with all things, ² ¹ Even you, being dead to offenses and sins, ² in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is actively at work in the sons of disobedience: ³ among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the feelings, and were by nature children of wrath, even as others: ⁴ but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ made alive with Christ even us, being dead to our offenses, (by grace you are saved,) ⁶ and raised us up, and made us sit together in heavenly places, in Christ Jesus; ⁷ that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding riches of his grace by his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace you have been saved through the faith; and this matter is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: ⁹ not by works, lest any one should boast. ¹⁰ For we are his workman ship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them. ¹¹ For which reason, remember that you were formerly Gen tiles, by natural descent, and that you are called Uncircumcision by the Circumcision; so called, from a mark made in the flesh by hands; ¹² that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the community of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and having no God in the world: ¹³ but now, in Christ Jesus, you, who were formerly far off, have become near, by the blood of the Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our peace, who has made both parties one, and broken down the partition wall that separated us, ¹⁵ having abolished, in his flesh, the cause of enmity, the law of commandments in ordinances, that he might, by himself, form the two into one new man, thus making peace; ¹⁶ and that he might reconcile both, in one body, to God, through the cross, having by it put to death the cause of enmity; ¹⁷ and having come, he preached peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near: ¹⁸ for, through him, we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, ²⁰ having been builded upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone, ²¹ in whom the whole building, compactly fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; ²² in whom you also are builded together, for a dwelling-place of God by his Spirit. ³ ¹ For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of the Christ Jesus on account of you Gentiles, ² if, indeed, you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God, which was given to me for your benefit, ³ that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, (as I briefly wrote above, ⁴ so that, when you read, you can see my understanding in the mystery of the Christ,) ⁵ which, in other generations, was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; ⁶ that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in the Christ, through the gospel, ⁷ of which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me, in proportion to the energy of his power: ⁸ to me, who am by far the least of all the saints, has this grace been given, that I might preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Christ, ⁹ and enlighten all men with respect to the plan of the mystery, which was concealed from the ages in God, who created all things; ¹⁰ to the end that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known, through the church, to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly regions, ¹¹ according to the arrangement of the ages, which he established by Christ Jesus our Lord, ¹² in whom we have boldness and access with confidence, through our faith in him. ¹³ For which cause I beseech you not to grow faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your glory. ¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named, ¹⁶ that he may grant to you, according to the riches of his glory, to be mightily strengthened by his Spirit in the inner man, ¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith; ¹⁸ that, being rooted and founded in love, you may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and hight, ¹⁹ and to know the love of the Christ that passes our knowledge, that you may be filled with aft the fullness of God. ²⁰ Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to his power which works in us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, through out all the generations of the age of ages. Amen. ⁴ ¹ I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called; ² with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love, ³ earnestly endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been called in one hope of your calling; ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one immersion; ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in you all. ⁷ But grace has been given to each one of us, according to the measure of the gift of the Christ. ⁸ For which reason, the scripture says: When he ascended on high, he led captive a multitude of captives, and gave gifts to men. ⁹ But this He ascended what does it mean, but that he also descended into the lower earthly regions? ¹⁰ He that descended is also he that ascended high above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. ¹¹ And he himself gave some to be apostles, and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ¹² for the complete instruction of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of the Christ, ¹³ till we all come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature that fully develops the Christ; ¹⁴ that we might no longer be children, tossed and carried about by every wind of teaching, through the artifice of men, through craftiness used by them for the deliberate planning of deceit; ¹⁵ but speaking truthfully in love, we might grow up in all things, into him who is the head, even the Christ, ¹⁶ from whom the whole body, compactly fitted together, and united by every helping joint, according to the energy in the measure of each part, makes increase of the body, for the building up of itself in love. ¹⁷ This I say, therefore, and appeal to you solemnly in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the other Gentiles walk, in the error of their minds, ¹⁸ darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; ¹⁹ who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to licentiousness, that they may work all manner of uncleanness with greediness. ²⁰ But you have not so learned the Christ, ²¹ if, indeed, you have heard of him, and been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: ²² that, as to your former life, you put off the old man, which is corrupt, according to its deceitful desires, ²³ and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ and put on the new man, which, according to the will of God, is created in righteousness and true holiness. ²⁵ For which reason, putting away lying, speak, every one, truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. ²⁶ Be angry, and yet do not sin: let not the sun go down on your wrath, ²⁷ nor give place to the devil. ²⁸ Let him that steals, steal no more: but rather let labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that has need. ²⁹ Let no impure speech come out of your mouth, but whatever is good for needful edification, that it may give grace to the hearers: ³⁰ and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, with which you have been sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹ Let all bitterness and anger and wrath and clamor and impious speaking be put away from you, with all malice: ³² and be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. ⁵ ¹ Be you, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children; ² and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave him self for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor. ³ But lewdness, and all manner of uncleanness, or covetousness, let them not be named among you, as it becomes saints; ⁴ nor obscene language, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not becoming; but rather the cheerful words of. a thankful heart. ⁵ For you know this, that no lewd nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with vain words: for on account of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Therefore, be not partakers with them. ⁸ For you were formerly darkness; but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light; ⁹ (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) ¹⁰ learning what is acceptable to the Lord; ¹¹ and do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; ¹² for it is a shame even to speak of the things that are done by them in secret. ¹³ But all these works, when reproved, are made manifest by the light: for every thing that makes manifest is light. ¹⁴ Wherefore, the scripture says: Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light. ¹⁵ See, then, that you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise men, ¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷ Wherefore, be not ignorant, but understand what the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit; ¹⁹ speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ giving thanks to our God and Father always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; ²¹ being subject one to another in the fear of God. ²² Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord: ²³ for the husband is the head of the wife, as the Christ also is the head of the church; and he is the savior of the body. ²⁴ But as the church is subject to the Christ, so, also, let the wives be subject to their own husbands in every thing. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, as the Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it, ²⁶ that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of water through the word, ²⁷ in order that he might present it to himself a glorious church, having neither stain, nor wrinkle, nor any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. ²⁸ So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself; ²⁹ for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Christ the church: ³⁰ because we are members of his body, being of his flesh, and of his bones. ³¹ For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. ³² Great is this mystery; but I speak of Christ and of the church. ³³ But yet, let each one of you so love his wife as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband. ⁶ ¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. ² Honor your father and your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, ³ that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. ⁴ And you fathers, do not provoke your children to anger: but bring them up in the instruction and discipline of the Lord. ⁵ Servants, be subject to your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ; ⁶ not with eye-service, as pleasing men, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul; ⁷ with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not as to men; ⁸ knowing that whatever good any one does, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he is a servant or a freeman. ⁹ And you masters, do the same things to them, leaving off threatening, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him. ¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in his mighty power. ¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the wiles of the devil: ¹² for our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the rulers of the darkness of this world, with the wicked spirits in the heavenly regions. ¹³ Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand them in the evil day, and having overcome them all, to stand firm. ¹⁴ Stand, therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and wearing the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having your feet shod with that preparation for defense supplied by the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ taking up, over all, the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one: ¹⁷ and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: ¹⁸ praying with all prayer and supplication, at all times, in the Spirit; and to this end being watchful in all perseverance, and supplication for all the saints: ¹⁹ and for me, that speech may be given me, in opening my mouth with boldness, that I may make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. ²¹ But that you, also, may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, my beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make known all things to you; ²² him I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts. ²³ Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.

Philippians

¹ ¹ PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: ² grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ I thank my God on every remembrance of you ⁴ always in every supplication of mine for you all, making my supplication with joy ⁵ for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day till now: ⁶ being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you, will carry it on till the day of Jesus Christ; ⁷ as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; both in my bonds and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, I say I have you all in my heart as being joint par takers of my grace. ⁸ For God is my witness how ardently I love you with the affection of Christ Jesus. ⁹ I also pray for this, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding, ¹⁰ in order that you may distinguish things that differ, to the end that you may be pure and blameless till the day of Christ, ¹¹ being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which fruit is by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. ¹² But I wish you to know, brethren, that the things which have befallen me have turned out rather to the advancement of the gospel; ¹³ so that my bonds which are for Christ have become known to be such in all the palace, and in all other places; ¹⁴ and most of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence in my bonds, are more bold to speak the word without fear. ¹⁵ Some, indeed, preach the Christ, because of envy and a contentious disposition, and some because of good-will. ¹⁶ These do it from love, because they know that I am set for the defense of the gospel; ¹⁷ those preach Christ from a contentious disposition, not sincerely, thinking that they will add affliction to my bonds. ¹⁸ What difference does this make? Christ is, nevertheless, preached in every way, whether in pretense or in truth; and in this I rejoice, yes, and I will rejoice: ¹⁹ for I know that this will result in my benefit through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be ashamed, but with all boldness, as at all times, so even now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. ²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But if this, my life in the flesh, would be profitable for my work in the ministry, verily, what I should choose I know not. ²³ I am in a strait between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better: ²⁴ yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. ²⁵ And of this I feel assured, that I shall remain and continue among you all for your advancement and joy in the faith, ²⁶ that your rejoicing in Christ Jesus may be come more abundant through me by my being present among you again. ²⁷ Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Christ, that, whether I come and see you, or be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel, ²⁸ and in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God. ²⁹ For to you it is given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but, also, to suffer for him, ³⁰ since you have the same conflict that you saw in me, and now hear to be in me. ² ¹ If, therefore, there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort arising from love, if any participation of the Spirit, if any affections and mercies, ² fulfill my joy, that you be of the same mind, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind; ³ doing nothing in strife and vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. ⁴ Consider not each one his own gifts, but each one also the gifts of others. ⁵ Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, being in the form of God, did not think it an act of robbery to be equal with God; ⁷ but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men: ⁸ and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death, the death, indeed, of the cross. ⁹ For which reason God has highly exalted him, and, also, bestowed on him a name that is above every name; ¹⁰ that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those who are in heaven, and those who are on earth, and those who are under the earth; ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. ¹² So, then, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; ¹³ for it is God, who, of his good pleasure, works in you both the will and the power to perform. ¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and disputings, ¹⁵ that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world, ¹⁶ holding forth the word of life, that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain. ¹⁷ But if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all. ¹⁸ In like manner do you also rejoice, and rejoice with me. ¹⁹ But I trust in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy shortly to you, that I also may be refreshed by knowing your condition; ²⁰ for I have no one of a kindred spirit who will sincerely care for your condition: ²¹ for all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. ²² But you know his approved character, that as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. ²³ Him, therefore, I hope to send immediately, as soon as I know how it may go with me. ²⁴ But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly. ²⁵ Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and companion in labor and fellow-soldier, but your apostle, who also ministered to my want, ²⁶ because he longed after you all, and was much distressed, because you had heard that he was sick. ²⁷ And, indeed, he was sick near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. ²⁸ I sent him, therefore, the sooner, that, by seeing him again, you might rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful. ²⁹ Receive him, therefore, in the Lord with all joy, and regard such as worthy of honor; ³⁰ because for the work of the Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, that he might supply that which was lacking in your service to me. ³ ¹ Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is to me indeed not burdensome; but for you it is safe. ² Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision. ³ For we are the circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh; ⁴ though, indeed, I have a ground of confidence in the flesh. If any other thinks he has a ground of confidence in the flesh, I more; ⁵ circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as it respects law, a Pharisee; ⁶ as it respects zeal, persecuting the church; as it respects righteousness which is by law, blameless. ⁷ But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ. ⁸ Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ, ⁹ and be found in him, not having my own righteousness which was by law, but the righteousness which is by faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith, ¹⁰ that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, by conforming myself to his death, ¹¹ if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. ¹² Not that I have already attained, or have already reached the goal; but I am pressing forward, that I may lay hold on that for which I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus. ¹³ Brethren, I do not conclude that I have already laid hold: ¹⁴ but one thing I do; forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let us, therefore, as many as are fully enlightened, be of this mind: and if you are of another mind with respect to any thing, God will reveal even this to you. ¹⁶ But as far as we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us have the same mind. ¹⁷ Be imitators of me, brethren, and observe those who thus walk as you have us for an example. ¹⁸ For many walk, of whom I often said to you, and now say even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of the Christ, ¹⁹ whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. ²⁰ But our citizenship is in heaven, whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ who will transform our humbled body, and make it like his glorious body, according to that power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself. ⁴ ¹ So, then, my brethren, beloved and ardently desired, my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved. ² I beseech Euodia, and I beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. ³ Now I beseech you also, true yoke-fellow, to assist those women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and my other fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life. ⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say, Rejoice. ⁵ Let your gentleness be known to all men: the Lord is at hand. ⁶ Be anxious about nothing, but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God: ⁷ and the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. ⁸ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue, or any praise, think of these things. ⁹ Do those things which you have learned and received, and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. ¹⁰ I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length your care for me has revived again; in this, indeed, you had me in mind, but you lacked opportunity. ¹¹ I do not speak in respect to want: for I have learned, in whatever condition I am, to be content. ¹² I know what it is to be in want, and what it is to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things, I have been fully instructed in being full and in being hungry, in having abundance and in being in want. ¹³ I am able to do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ¹⁴ Yet you have done well in contributing to the relief of my affliction. ¹⁵ Now you Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church contributed to me so that I kept an account of giving and receiving, but you only. ¹⁶ For even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent once and again to aid me in my need. ¹⁷ Not that I seek a gift; but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. ¹⁸ But I have all, and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus your gifts, a sweet odor, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God. ¹⁹ But my God will supply all your need, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. ²⁰ Now to God, even our Father, be glory from age to age. Amen. ²¹ Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren that are with me salute you. ²² All the saints salute you, especially those who are of Caesar's household. ²³ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Colossians

¹ ¹ I PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, I and Timothy my brother, ² to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are in Colosse: grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ. ³ We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴ since we heard of your faithfulness in Christ Jesus, and your love for all the saints, ⁵ in consequence of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, ⁶ which is present among you, as it is also in all the world, and is producing fruit, even as it has been doing also among you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth, ⁷ as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ for you, ⁸ and who also made known to us your love in spirit. ⁹ For this reason, we also, from the day in which we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to request that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, ¹⁰ so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, in order to please him in all things, by means of every good work bringing forth fruit, and increasing in the knowledge, of God, ¹¹ strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, in order to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness, ¹² giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light: ¹³ who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins; ¹⁵ who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature; ¹⁶ for by him were all things created, things in heaven and things in earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities; all things were created by him, and for him: ¹⁷ and he is before all things, and by him all things consist: ¹⁸ and he is the head of the body, the church: and he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be preeminent; ¹⁹ for it pleased the Father that all his fullness should dwell in him, ²⁰ and by him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace by the blood of his cross; by him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. ²¹ And you, who were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled ²² by means of death in his fleshly body, that he may present you holy, and without spot, and blameless in his sight; ²³ if you continue in the faith, founded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, have been made a minister. ²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up what remains of my sufferings for Christ in my flesh for the sake of his body, which is the church, ²⁵ of which I was made a minister according to the commission from God, which was given to me for you, that I might fully preach the word of God, ²⁶ the mystery which was concealed from the ages and the generations, but is now made manifest to his saints, ²⁷ to whom God would make known what is the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory, ²⁸ whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: ²⁹ to which end I also labor, striving according to his energy, which works in me mightily. ² ¹ For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; ² that their hearts may be comforted, they being firmly united in love in order to gain all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may acknowledge the mystery of God, even the Father, and of Christ, ³ in whom are stored up all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge. ⁴ Now I say this, that no one may deceive you by persuasive words. ⁵ For, though I am absent in flesh, yet I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to behold your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ⁶ As, therefore, you received Christ Jesus our Lord, so walk in him, ⁷ rooted, and built up in him, and strengthened in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. ⁸ See that no one make you the victims of imposture by means of philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not ac cording to Christ: ⁹ for in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhood bodily. ¹⁰ And you are complete in him who is the head of all principality and authority: ¹¹ in whom you have been also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in the putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, ¹² when you were buried with him in immersion, in which you were also raised with him by your faith in the energy of God, who raised him from the dead. ¹³ And you, being dead to your offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all your offenses; ¹⁴ having blotted out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us, which was opposed to us, he also took it out of the way, driving a nail through it by means of his cross; ¹⁵ and having spoiled the principalities and authorities, he made a show of them openly by triumphing over them through it. ¹⁶ Let no one judge you, therefore, in meat or in drink, or in respect to a feast, or the new moon, or sabbaths, ¹⁷ which things are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is in Christ, ¹⁸ Let no one gain his purpose in depriving you of the palm by an affected humility and worship of angels, prying into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, ¹⁹ and not holding the head, from which the whole body gathering vigor, and firmly united by joints and bands, increases with the increase of God. ²⁰ If, then, you have died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you submit to ordinances? ²¹ Touch not, taste not, handle not, ²² (all of which are for the destruction of those who use them,) according to the commandments and teachings of men; ²³ and these have a show of wisdom in will-worship and affected humility and neglect of the body, and in no regard for the gratification of the flesh. ³ ¹ If, then, you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God; ² mind the things that are above, not the things that are on the earth: ³ for you are dead, and your life is hid with the Christ in God. ⁴ When the Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory. ⁵ Put to death, therefore, your members that are on the earth, lewdness, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; ⁶ on account of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience, ⁷ in which things you also formerly walked when you lived in them. ⁸ But now do you also put away all these anger, wrath, malice, reviling, obscene language from your mouth. ⁹ Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds, ¹⁰ and have put on the new man, which is renewed for knowledge, ac cording to the image of him that created him; ¹¹ in which new creation there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all and in all. ¹² Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, a merciful disposition, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering: ¹³ bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any one have a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do you: ¹⁴ and over all these put on love, which is the bond of perfectness. ¹⁵ And let the peace of God, to which you are called in one body, rule in your hearts, and be thankful. ¹⁶ Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, by teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with gratitude in your hearts to the Lord. ¹⁷ And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. ¹⁸ Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it is becoming in the Lord. ¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. ²⁰ Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is wellpleasing to the Lord. ²¹ Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be disheartened. ²² Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eye-service, as pleasing men, but with simplicity of heart, fearing God. ²³ And whatever you do, do from the soul, as to the Lord, and not to men; ²⁴ knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance: for you serve the Lord Christ. ²⁵ But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done; and there is no respect of persons. ⁴ ¹ Masters, give to your servants what is just and equal, for you know that you have a Master in heaven. ² Persevere in prayer, and be watchful in the same with thanksgiving; ³ praying at the same time also for us, that God may open for us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of the Christ, for which I am in bonds, ⁴ that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. ⁵ Walk in wisdom toward those who are without, redeeming the time. ⁶ Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every one. ⁷ All that relates to me, Tychicus, my beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord, will make known to you. ⁸ I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your condition, and comfort your hearts; ⁹ I have sent him with Onesimus, my faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known all things that are done here. ¹⁰ Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, salutes you, and so does Marcus the nephew of Barnabas, concerning whom you received commandments; if he come to you, receive him; ¹¹ Jesus also, who is called Justus, salutes you: these are of the circumcision: and these only are my fellow-workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me. ¹² Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you; he always strives earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. ¹³ For I testify for him, that he has a great zeal for you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis. ¹⁴ Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, salute you. ¹⁵ Salute the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in his house. ¹⁶ And when this letter has been read among you, cause that it be read in the church of the Laodiceans also; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea; ¹⁷ and say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it. ¹⁸ The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

1 Thessalonians

¹ ¹ PAUL and Sylvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. ² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, ³ remembering unceasingly your work, which is the result of faith, your labor, the cause of which is love, and your patience, which springs from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father: ⁴ be cause we know, brethren beloved of God, your election. ⁵ For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in full assurance, as you know what sort of persons we were among you for your sakes. ⁶ And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with joy of the Holy Spirit, ⁷ so that you were examples to all that believe, in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ For from you, the word of the Lord sounded out, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also your faith in God has gone abroad in every place, so that we have no need to speak any thing. ⁹ For they themselves declare concerning us what kind of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from heaven, even Jesus, whom he raised from the dead, and who delivers us from the coming wrath. ² ¹ For you yourselves know, brethren, our entrance among you, that it was not in vain. ² But having suffered before, and having been outraged, as you know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in the midst of great peril. ³ For our exhortation arose not from deception, nor from uncleanness, nor was it with guile; ⁴ but as God had judged us worthy to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who tries our hearts. ⁵ For neither nattering words did we at any time use, as you know, nor a pretext for covetousness; God is witness: ⁶ nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ. ⁷ But we were gentle among you. As a nurse nourishes her children, ⁸ so, having a strong affection for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives also, because you had become dear to us. ⁹ For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for, laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. ¹⁰ You are witnesses, and God also, in how holy and just and blameless a manner we conducted our selves among you that believe, ¹¹ as indeed you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father his children, ¹² that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you to his own kingdom and glory. ¹³ For this reason, also, we thank God without ceasing; be cause, when you received the word of God, as preached by us, you embraced it, not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe. ¹⁴ For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for you, also, have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, that they have suffered from the Jews, ¹⁵ who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men, ¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, in order that they may fill up their sins at all times: but the wrath is coming upon them to the full. ¹⁷ But we, brethren, having been taken from you for a short time, in person, not in heart, did, with great desire, endeavor the more earnestly to see your face. ¹⁸ For this reason, we intended to go to you, (I Paul) both once and again, but Satan hindered us. ¹⁹ For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? -You indeed are our glory and ²⁰ :³ ¹ Wherefore, being no longer able to contain ourselves, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; ² and we sent Timothy our brother and minister of God in the gospel of the Christ, in order that he might strengthen and comfort you with respect to your faith, ³ that no one be moved by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this: ⁴ for even when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, as it also came to pass, and as you know. ⁵ For this reason, when I could no longer contain my self, I sent to know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain. ⁶ But now, since Timothy has come to us from you, and has told us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us at all times, greatly desiring to see us, as indeed we desire to see you, ⁷ for this reason we are comforted concerning you, brethren, in all our distress and affliction, by your faith: ⁸ for now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord. ⁹ For what thanks can we render to God for you, for the great joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God, ¹⁰ night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and perfect that which is lacking in your faith? ¹¹ Now, may God himself, even our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. ¹² And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love to one another and to all, even as we toward you, ¹³ in order that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness, in the presence of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. ⁴ ¹ Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you, by our Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more. ² For you know what commandments we gave you by our Lord Jesus. ³ For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that you keep yourselves from lewdness; ⁴ That each one of you know how to keep his vessel in sanctification and in honor, ⁵ not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles do, who know not God; ⁶ That no one take advantage of or injure his brother in this matter; because the Lord takes vengeance for all such things, as we also told you before, and fully testified: ⁷ for God has not called us for uncleanness, but for holiness. ⁸ Therefore, he that despises, despises not man, but God, who has given us his Holy Spirit. ⁹ But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another; ¹⁰ and indeed you do this to all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that you abound in love more and more, ¹¹ and that you earnestly endeavor to live quietly, and that you attend to your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you; ¹² in order that you may walk with propriety toward those who are without, and may have need of nothing. ¹³ But concerning those who have fallen asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that you may not grieve, as others who have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also should we believe that God will, through Jesus, bring with him those who sleep. ¹⁵ For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we, the living, who remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep ¹⁶ for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall arise first; ¹⁷ then we, the living who remain, shall, together with them, be caught up in clouds into the air to meet the Lord, and so shall we be ever with the Lord. ¹⁸ So, then, comfort one another with these words. ⁵ ¹ But, brethren, you have no need that I write to you of - the times and seasons; ² for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night: ³ for when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as the pains of birth upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape. ⁴ But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. ⁵ You are all sons of light, and sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness. ⁶ Therefore, let us not sleep, as do others, but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, are drunken in the night. ⁸ But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation: ⁹ for God has not appointed us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰ who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we might live together with him. ¹¹ Wherefore, exhort one another, and edify one another, as you also do. ¹² Now we beseech you, brethren, to have regard for those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you, ¹³ and that you esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. ¹⁴ We exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, earnestly care for the weak-minded, be of a long-suffering disposition toward all. ¹⁵ See that no one render evil for evil to any, but always pursue that which is good toward one another and toward all. ¹⁶ Rejoice always; ¹⁷ pray without ceasing; ¹⁸ in every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. ¹⁹ Quench not the Spirit. ²⁰ Despise not prophesyings. ²¹ Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. ²² Abstain from every appearance of evil. ²³ Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ Faithful is he that calls you; and he will do what he has promised. ²⁵ Brethren, pray for us. ²⁶ Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss. ²⁷ I adjure you by the Lord, that this letter be read to all the holy brethren. ²⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

2 Thessalonians

¹ ¹ PAUL and Sylvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: ² grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is right, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds: ⁴ so that we ourselves glory in you, among the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure; ⁵ which endurance, of yours is a proof of the righteous judgment of God, in order that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you suffer: ⁶ since, indeed, it is a righteous thing with God, to repay affliction to those who afflict you, ⁷ and to you that are afflicted, rest with us, at the revelation of our Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, ⁸ in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; ⁹ these shall suffer punishment in that day, even eternal destruction, far from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, ¹⁰ when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all those who believe, and in you also, because our testimony among you was believed. ¹¹ In order to which, we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of this calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power, ¹² that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God, and the Lord Jesus Christ. ² ¹ But, we beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of; our Lord Jesus Christ, and our coming together to him, ² that you be not hastily shaken from the persuasion of your mind, nor be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by report, nor by letter as written by us, as though the day of the Lord is at hand. ³ Let no one deceive you by any means; for that day will not come, unless the apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, ⁴ who opposes and exalts himself above every one that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, openly showing him self that he is God. ⁵ Do you not remember that, while I was with you, I told you these things? ⁶ And now you know what restrains, in order that he may be revealed in his own proper time. ⁷ For the mystery of iniquity is already at work; only he that now restrains will restrain, till he be taken out of the way: ⁸ and then shall that lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy by the spirit of his mouth, and will utterly over throw by the brightness of his coming: ⁹ he will destroy him, whose coming is, according to the energy of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, ¹⁰ and with all the delusion of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order that they might be saved. ¹¹ And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, in order that they may believe a lie, ¹² that all may be condemned who believe not the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness. ¹³ But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God did, from the beginning, choose you to salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, ¹⁴ "to which he called you by our gospel, in order that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵ Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter. ¹⁶ Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and given us eternal consolation and good hope through grace, ¹⁷ comfort your hearts, and strengthen you in every good word and work. ³ ¹ Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified even as among you; ² and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for all have not the disposition for faith. ³ But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you, and keep you from the evil one. ⁴ And we have confidence in the Lord with respect to you, that you both do, and will continue to do, the things which we command you. ⁵ And the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the patience of the Christ. ⁶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother that walks disorderly, and not according to the tradition which he received from us. ⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we did not behave in a disorderly manner among you, ⁸ nor did we eat any one's bread for nothing: but worked with labor and toil, night and day, that we might not burden any one of you; ⁹ this we did, not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves to you as an example, in order that you might imitate us. ¹⁰ For when we were with you, we gave you this commandment, that if any one will not work, neither let him eat. ¹¹ For we hear that some walk about among you in a disorderly manner, doing no work, but being busybodies. ¹² Now we command such, and exhort them by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness, and eat their own bread. ¹³ And you, brethren, should not be weary in well-doing. ¹⁴ And if any one obey not our word by this letter, note that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed; ¹⁵ and yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. ¹⁶ Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. ¹⁷ The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is the token in every letter: so I write. ¹⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

1 Timothy

¹ ¹ PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the appointment of God our Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope, ² to Timothy, my true son in the faith; grace, mercy, peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord. ³ As, on going into Macedonia, I besought you to remain in Ephesus, that you might charge some that they teach no other thing, ⁴ nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which produce disputes rather than godly edification, which is in faith; ⁵ (Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and out of a good conscience, and out of faith unfeigned: ⁶ which things some not having aimed at, have turned aside to idle disputation, ⁷ desiring to be teachers of law, though under standing neither what they say nor of what they boldly affirm. ⁸ But we know that the law is good, if any one use it lawfully; ⁹ knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and for scorners, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for man-slayers, ¹⁰ for lewd persons, for sodomites, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and for whatever other thing is opposed to sound teaching, ¹¹ according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been intrusted to me. ¹² And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me power, because he counted me faithful, and put me into the ministry; ¹³ me, I say, who before was a reviler and a persecutor and an overbearing man. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief: ¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord was very abundant with faith, and love which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Assuredly true and worthy of all acceptation is this saying: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. ¹⁶ But for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all long-suffering, for an example to those who might afterward believe on him in order to life eternal. ¹⁷ Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, be honor and glory from age to age. Amen.) ¹⁸ This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, in accordance with the preceding prophecies concerning you, that by them you may war the good warfare, ¹⁹ holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them, as it respects faith have made shipwreck; of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, ²⁰ whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to revile. ² ¹ I exhort, therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, ² for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and gravity. ³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴ who is willing that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, of which the testimony has been given in its proper times, ⁷ to give which testimony I have been appointed a preacher and an apostle; (I speak the truth, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faithfulness and in truth. ⁸ I will, therefore, that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands without wrath and disputation. ⁹ In like manner, also, I will that the women adorn themselves with decorous dress, with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment, ¹⁰ but with good works; since this becomes women who profess godliness. ¹¹ Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. ¹² I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. ¹³ For Adam was first formed, then Eve. ¹⁴ And Adam was not deceived: but the woman being deceived, was in transgression; ¹⁵ but they shall be saved by the bearing of children, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with sobriety. ³ ¹ This is a true saying: If any desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work. ² A bishop, then, must be blame less, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach, ³ not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous; ⁴ one that rules his own house well; having his children in subjection with all gravity: ⁵ for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God? ⁶ Not a new convert, lest, having become conceited, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. ⁷ Further, he must have a good reputation from those who are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. ⁸ The deacons, likewise, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not makers of money by base means, ⁹ holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. ¹⁰ And let these also be first proved, then let them become deacons, being blameless. ¹¹ Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, faithful in all things. ¹² Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. ¹³ For those who have filled the office of a deacon well, gain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly; ¹⁵ but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. ¹⁶ And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory. ⁴ ¹ Now the Spirit says expressly, that, in the last times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and teachings suggested by demons, ² through the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their conscience, ³ who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe, and know the truth. ⁴ For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving; ⁵ for it is sanctified by the word of God, and by prayer. ⁶ By recommending these things to the attention of the brethren, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished with the words of the faith, and of good teaching, which you have fully known. ⁷ But reject those profane and oldwomanish fables, and exercise yourself for godliness. ⁸ For the exercise of the body is profitable for little; but godliness is profitable for all things, and has the promise of the life that now is, and also of that which is to come. ⁹ This is a true saying, and worthy of all acceptation: ¹⁰ for to this end we both labor, and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. ¹¹ These things command and teach. ¹² Let no one despise your youth; but be an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in spirit, in faithfulness, in purity. ¹³ Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. ¹⁴ Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you according to prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. ¹⁵ Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them, that your advancement may be manifest in all things. ¹⁶ Take heed to yourself, and to your teaching; continue in them; for by doing this, you will save both yourself, and those who hear you. ⁵ ¹ Do not rebuke an elderly man, but entreat him as a father; the younger men, as brothers: ² the elder women, as mothers; the younger women, as sisters, with all purity. ³ Honor widows that are widows indeed. ⁴ But if any widow has children or grand-children, let them learn first to be dutiful to their own family, and to requite their parents; for that is good and acceptable in the sight of God. ⁵ But she that is a widow indeed, and left alone, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. ⁶ But she that lives voluptuously, is dead while she lives. ⁷ These things also give in charge, that they may be blameless. ⁸ And if any one provides not for his own, and especially for those of his own house hold, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. ⁹ Let a widow be put on the list, if she is not under sixty years, having been the wife of one man, ¹⁰ having a good reputation for good works; if she has borne children, if she has entertained strangers, if she has washed the saints feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work. ¹¹ But the younger widows reject: for when they become wanton against the Christ, they desire to marry, ¹² incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their former obligation. ¹³ At the same time, also, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which are not proper. ¹⁴ I will, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, man age the house, and thus give no occasion to the adversaries to speak reproachfully. ¹⁵ For some have already turned aside after Satan. ¹⁶ If any believing man or woman has widows, let him or her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are widows indeed. ¹⁷ Let the elders who rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in word and teaching. ¹⁸ For the scripture says: You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain; and, The laborer is worthy of his hire. ¹⁹ Receive not an accusation against an old man, unless before two or three witnesses. ²⁰ Those who sin rebuke before all, that the rest also may fear. ²¹ I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, and that you do nothing by partiality. ²² Lay hands hastily on no man, nor be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure. ²³ Drink water no longer, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake, and your frequent infirmities. ²⁴ Some men's sins are manifest beforehand, going before to judgment. Some persons, however, they follow after. ²⁵ Like wise, also, the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and those which are otherwise can not be concealed. ⁶ ¹ Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God, and his teaching, be not reviled. ² And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren: but rather let them serve them, because they who partake of the benefit of their service, are believers and beloved brethren. These things enforce in your teaching and exhortation. ³ If any one teaches other things, and does not assent to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching which is according to godliness, ⁴ he is mad with conceit, knowing nothing, but has a morbid fondness for questions and contentions about words, out of which come envy, strife, railing, evil suspicions, ⁵ and wranglings, on the part of men who are corrupt in mind, and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a source of gain. From such withdraw yourself. ⁶ But godliness, with a contented disposition, is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out. ⁸ And having food and raiment, with these let us be content. ⁹ But those who will be rich fail into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful desires, which drown men in destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evil; through the desire of which, some have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. ¹¹ But do you, man of God, shun these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, patience, meekness. ¹² Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold on eternal life, to which you have been called, and for which you confessed the good confession before many witnesses. ¹³ I charge you, in the sight of God, who makes all things alive, and before Christ Jesus, who, before Pontius Pilate, confessed a good confession, ¹⁴ that you keep this commandment, so that you may be spotless and blameless till the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ which, in his own times, he will show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; ¹⁶ who alone has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no man has seen, nor can see, tn whom be honor and power eternal. Amen. ¹⁷ Charge those who are rich in this age, that they be not proud, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us all things richly for our enjoyment, ¹⁸ that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, liberal, ¹⁹ treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. ²⁰ Timothy, keep that which is committed to your charge, avoiding those profane and empty babblings, and disputations about knowledge falsely so called; ²¹ by making a profession of this knowledge, some have erred as it respects the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.