But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.Teach them and exhort them about these things.

I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them!

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.

Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.

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.

But we know that the law is good if someone uses it legitimately,

To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior,

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into transgression.

This saying is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.

But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.

But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry,