1Let[G1526]as[G3745]many[G3745]servants[G1401]as[G3745]are[G1526]under[G5259] the yoke[G2218]count[G2233] their own[G2398]masters[G1203]worthy[G514] of all[G3956]honour[G5092], that[G3363] the name[G3686] of God[G2316]and[G2532] his doctrine[G1319]be[G987]not[G3363]blasphemed[G987].
2And[G1161] they that have[G2192]believing[G4103]masters[G1203], let them[G2706]not[G3361]despise[G2706]them[G2706], because[G3754] they are[G1526]brethren[G80]; but[G235]rather[G3123] do them[G2706]service[G1398], because[G3754] they are[G1526]faithful[G4103]and[G2532]beloved[G27], partakers[G482] of the benefit[G2108]. These things[G5023]teach[G1321]and[G2532]exhort[G3870].
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If any man[G1536] teach otherwise[G2085], and[G2532]consent[G4334]not[G3361] to wholesome[G5198]words[G3056], even the words[G3056] of our[G2257]Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], and[G2532] to the doctrine[G1319] which is according[G2596] to godliness[G2150];
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He is proud[G5187], knowing[G1987]nothing[G3367], but[G235]doting[G3552]about[G4012]questions[G2214]and[G2532] strifes of words[G3055], whereof[G1537]cometh[G1096]envy[G5355], strife[G2054], railings[G988], evil[G4190]surmisings[G5283],
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Perverse disputings[G3859] of men[G444] of corrupt[G1311]minds[G3563], and[G2532]destitute[G650] of the truth[G225], supposing[G3543] that gain[G4200]is[G1511]godliness[G2150]: from[G575]such[G5108] withdraw thyself[G868].
7For[G1063] we brought[G1533]nothing[G3762]into[G1519] this world[G2889], and it is certain[G1212] we can[G1410]carry[G1627]nothing[G3761]out[G1627].
8And[G1161]having[G2192]food[G1305]and[G2532]raiment[G4629] let us be[G714]therewith[G5125]content[G714].
9But[G1161] they that will[G1014] be rich[G4147]fall[G1706]into[G1519]temptation[G3986]and[G2532] a snare[G3803], and[G2532]into[G1519]many[G4183]foolish[G453]and[G2532]hurtful[G983]lusts[G1939], which[G3748]drown[G1036]men[G444]in[G1519]destruction[G3639]and[G2532]perdition[G684].
10For[G1063] the love of money[G5365]is[G2076] the root[G4491] of all[G3956]evil[G2556]: which[G3739] while some[G5100] coveted after[G3713], they have erred[G635]from[G575] the faith[G4102], and[G2532]pierced[G4044]themselves[G1438]through[G4044] with many[G4183]sorrows[G3601].
11But[G1161]thou[G4771], O[G5599]man[G444] of God[G2316], flee[G5343] these things[G5023]; and[G1161] follow after[G1377]righteousness[G1343], godliness[G2150], faith[G4102], love[G26], patience[G5281], meekness[G4236].
12Fight[G75] the good[G2570]fight[G73] of faith[G4102], lay hold on[G1949]eternal[G166]life[G2222], whereunto[G1519] thou art[G2564]also[G2532]called[G2564], and[G2532] hast professed[G3670] a good[G2570]profession[G3671]before[G1799]many[G4183]witnesses[G3144].
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I give[G3853]thee[G4671]charge[G3853] in the sight[G1799] of God[G2316], who[G3588]quickeneth[G2227] all things[G3956], and[G2532]before[G1909]Christ[G5547]Jesus[G2424], who[G3588]before[G1909]Pontius[G4194]Pilate[G4091]witnessed[G3140] a good[G2570]confession[G3671];
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That thou[G4571]keep[G5083] this commandment[G1785] without spot[G784], unrebukeable[G423], until[G3360] the appearing[G2015] of our[G2257]Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547]:
15Which[G3739] in his[G2398]times[G2540] he shall shew[G1166], who[G3588] is the blessed[G3107]and[G2532]only[G3441]Potentate[G1413], the King[G935] of kings[G936], and[G2532]Lord[G2962] of lords[G2961];
16Who[G3588]only[G3441]hath[G2192]immortality[G110], dwelling[G3611] in the light[G5457] which no man[G3762]can[G1410] approach unto[G676]; whom[G3739] no man[G444]hath[G2192]seen[G1492], nor[G3761]can[G1410]see[G1492]: to whom[G3739] be honour[G5092]and[G2532]power[G2904]everlasting[G166]. Amen[G281].
17Charge[G3853] them that are rich[G4145]in[G1722]this[G3568]world[G165], that they be[G5309]not[G3361]highminded[G5309], nor[G3366]trust[G1679]in[G1909]uncertain[G83]riches[G4149], but[G235]in[G1909] the living[G2198]God[G2316], who[G3588]giveth[G3930]us[G2254]richly[G4146] all things[G3956]to[G1519]enjoy[G619];
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That they do good[G14], that they be rich[G4147]in[G1722]good[G2570]works[G2041], ready to distribute[G1511], willing to communicate[G2843];
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Laying up in store[G597] for themselves[G1438] a good[G2570]foundation[G2310]against[G1519] the time to come[G3195], that[G2443] they may lay hold on[G1949]eternal[G166]life[G2222].
20O[G5599]Timothy[G5095], keep[G5442] that which is committed to thy trust[G3872], avoiding[G1624]profane[G952]and[G2532] vain babblings[G2757], and[G2532]oppositions[G477] of science[G1108] falsely so called[G5581]:
21Which[G3739]some[G5100]professing[G1861] have erred[G795]concerning[G4012] the faith[G4102]. Grace[G5485] be with[G3326]thee[G4675]. Amen[G281]. The first[G4413]to[G4314]Timothy[G5095] was written[G1125]from[G575]Laodicea[G2993], which[G3748]is[G2076] the chiefest city[G3390] of Phrygia[G5435]Pacatiana[G3818].