Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us.

and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.

But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.

who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.

Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

(This requires a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains the woman sits on. They are also seven kings:

God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.

Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.

And the Lord said, “If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.

Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and settled in the mountains because he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.

Here I am, standing by the spring. When the young woman goes out to draw water, I’ll say, “Give me a little water to drink from your jug.”