¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the  ²command of  ³God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our  ⁴hope,

To  ¹Timothy, genuine child in  ²faith: Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Even as I exhorted you, when I was  ¹going into Macedonia, to remain in Ephesus in order that you might charge  ²certain ones not to teach  ³different things

Nor to give heed to  ¹myths and unending  ²genealogies, which produce questionings rather than God's  ³economy, which is in  ⁴faith.

But the end of the  ¹charge is  ²love out of a  ³pure heart and out of a good conscience and out of unfeigned faith;

From which things some, having  ¹misaimed, have turned aside to  ²vain talking,

Desiring to be  ¹teachers of the law, though they understand neither the things that they say, nor concerning what they  ²confidently affirm.

But we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully

And knows this, that the law is not enacted for a righteous man but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who  ¹strike their fathers and those who strike their mothers, for murderers,

For fornicators, homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and whatever other thing that is opposed to the  ¹healthy teaching,

According to the  ¹gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

I give thanks to Him who  ¹empowers me, Christ Jesus our Lord, that He has counted me faithful, appointing me to the ministry,

Who formerly was a  ¹blasphemer and a persecutor and an  ²insulting person; but I was shown  ³mercy because, being  ⁴ignorant, I acted in  ⁴unbelief.

And the  ¹grace of our Lord superabounded with  ²faith and love in Christ Jesus.

Faithful is the word and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus  ¹came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost.

But because of this I was shown mercy, that in me, the foremost, Jesus Christ might display all His long-suffering for a  ¹pattern to those who are to believe on Him unto  ²eternal life.

 ¹Now to the King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, be  ²honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

This  ¹charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the  ²prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you might  ³war the good warfare,

Holding  ¹faith and a good conscience, concerning which some, thrusting these away, have become  ²shipwrecked regarding the  ³faith;

Of whom are  ¹Hymenaeus and  ²Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan that they may be  ³disciplined not to blaspheme.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that  ¹petitions, prayers,  ²intercessions, thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men;

On behalf of kings and all who are in high position, that we may lead a  ¹quiet and tranquil life in all  ²godliness and  ³gravity.

This is good and acceptable in the sight of our Savior God,

Who desires  ¹all men to be saved and to come to the  ²full knowledge of the truth.

For there is  ¹one God and one  ²Mediator of God and men, the  ³man Christ Jesus,

Who  ¹gave Himself as a  ²ransom for all, the  ³testimony to be borne in its own times.

For which I was appointed a  ¹herald and an apostle (I speak the truth; I do not lie), a  ²teacher of the Gentiles in  ³faith and truth.

I desire therefore that men  ¹pray in every place, lifting up  ²holy  ³hands, without  ⁴wrath and  ⁵reasoning;

Similarly, that women adorn themselves in  ¹proper clothing with  ²modesty and  ³sobriety, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly clothing,

But, what befits women professing  ¹godly reverence, by good works.

Let a woman learn in  ¹quietness in all  ²subjection;

But I do not permit a woman to  ¹teach or to assert authority over a man, but to be in  ²quietness.

For  ¹Adam was  ²formed first, then Eve;

And  ¹Adam was not deceived; but the  ²woman, having been quite deceived, has fallen into transgression.

But she will be saved through her  ¹childbearing, if they remain in  ²faith and love and holiness with sobriety.

Faithful is the word: If anyone  ¹aspires to the  ²overseership, he desires a good work.

The  ¹overseer then must be  ²without reproach, the  ³husband of one wife,  ⁴temperate,  ⁵of a sober mind,  ⁶orderly,  ⁷hospitable,  ⁸apt to teach;

 ¹Not an excessive drinker;  ²not a striker, but  ³gentle;  ⁴not contentious;  ⁵not fond of money;

One who  ¹manages well his own house, having his children in subjection with all  ²gravity

(But if one does not know how to manage his own house, how will he care for the church of God?);

Not a  ¹new convert, lest being  ²blinded with pride he fall into the  ³judgment suffered by the devil.

And he also must have a  ¹good testimony from  ²those outside, that he may not fall into reproach and the  ³snare of the  ⁴devil.

 ¹Deacons must similarly be grave,  ²not double-tongued,  ³not addicted to much wine,  ⁴not greedy for base gain;

Holding the  ¹mystery of the faith in a  ²pure conscience.

And these also must first  ¹be proved; then let them  ²minister if they are  ³unreprovable.

 ¹Women similarly must be grave,  ²not slanderers,  ³temperate,  ⁴faithful in all things.

Deacons must be  ¹husbands of one wife,  ²managing their children and their own houses well.

For those who have  ¹ministered well obtain for themselves a  ²good standing and  ³much boldness in faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly.

But if I delay, I write that you may know  ¹how one ought to conduct himself in the  ²house of God, which is the church of the  ³living God, the  ⁴pillar and base of the  ⁵truth.

And  ¹confessedly, great is the  ²mystery of godliness:  ³He who was  ⁴manifested in the flesh,  ⁵Justified in the Spirit,  ⁶Seen by angels,  ⁷Preached among the nations,  ⁸Believed on in the world,  ⁹Taken up in glory.