For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan that operates by faith.

Now to the eternal king, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

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

to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned!

Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth

To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!

to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”