For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,

First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,

since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later.

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.