But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect<n id="1" /> because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.<n id="2" />p><t /><p class="bodytext">Teach them and exhort them about these things.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">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<n id="1" /> is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: &#8220;Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners&#8221; &#8211; and I am the worst of them!<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves<n id="1" /> with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,<n id="2" />

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness,<n id="1" /> and purity.

Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach.<n id="1" /> Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.p>

But if someone does not provide for his own,<n id="1" /> especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.p>

And besides that, going around<n id="1" /> from house to house they learn to be lazy,<n id="2" /> and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.<n id="3" />

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.<n id="1" />

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.

<p class="bodytext">But we know that the law is good if someone uses it legitimately,

To do this<n id="1" /> 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<n id="1" /> is good and welcomed before God our Savior,

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived,<n id="1" /> fell into transgression.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">This saying<n id="1" /> is trustworthy: &#8220;If someone aspires to the office of overseer,<n id="2" /> he desires a good work.&#8221;

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.<n id="1" />

He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant<n id="1" /> and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.<n id="2" />

Deacons must be husbands of one wife<n id="1" /> and good managers of their children and their own households.

But reject those myths<n id="1" /> fit only for the godless and gullible,<n id="2" /> and train yourself for godliness.

But do not accept younger widows on the list,<n id="1" /> because their passions may lead them away from Christ<n id="2" /> and they will desire to marry,