¹But the  ²Spirit says expressly that in  ³later times some will depart from the  ⁴faith, giving heed to  ⁵deceiving spirits and teachings of  ⁶demons

 ¹By means of the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, of men who are  ²branded in their own conscience as with a  ³hot iron,

Who forbid  ¹marriage and command abstaining from  ¹foods, which  ²God has created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by those who  ³believe and have  ⁴full knowledge of the truth.

For  ¹every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if received with thanksgiving;

For it is  ¹sanctified through the  ²word of God and  ³intercession.

If you lay these things before the brothers, you will be a good  ¹minister of Christ Jesus,  ²being nourished with the words of the  ³faith and of the  ⁴good teaching which you  ⁵have closely followed.

But the  ¹profane and old-womanish  ²myths  ³refuse, and  ⁴exercise yourself unto godliness.

For bodily exercise is profitable for  ¹a little, but godliness is profitable for  ²all things, having  ³promise of the present life and of that which is to come.

Faithful is the word and worthy of all acceptance.

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the  ¹living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Charge and teach these things.

Let no one despise your  ¹youth, but be a pattern to the believers in  ²word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in  ³purity.

Until I come, attend to the public  ¹reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching.

Do not neglect the  ¹gift which is  ²in you, which was given to you by means of  ³prophecy with the  ⁴laying on of the hands of the  ⁵presbytery.

Practice these things;  ¹be in them, that your  ²progress may be manifest to all.

 ¹Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; continue in these things; for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Do not  ¹upbraid an elderly man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

Elderly women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

 ¹Honor widows who are really widows.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to  ¹show respect toward their own household and to render a  ²return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Now she who is really a widow and is left alone has set her hope on God and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while living.

These things also charge, that they may be without reproach.

But if anyone does not provide for  ¹his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the  ²faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Let a widow be enrolled, not under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

 ¹Well attested for good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has assisted the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

But younger widows refuse; for when they follow their passions in disregard of Christ, they desire to marry,

And thus have condemnation because they have set aside their first  ¹pledge.

And at the same time they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house; and they are not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

I will therefore that younger widows marry,  ²bear children, keep house, give no opportunity to the opposer for reproach;

For already some have turned aside after Satan.

If any believing woman has widows in her family, let her assist them, and let not the church be burdened, that it may assist those who are really widows.

Let the elders who take the lead well be counted worthy of double  ¹honor,  ²especially those who labor in  ³word and teaching.

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox that is treading out the grain,” and, “The workman is worthy of his pay.”

Against an elder do not  ¹receive an accusation, except based upon two or three witnesses.

The ones who sin  ¹reprove before  ²all that the rest also may have fear.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen  ¹angels that you keep these things without  ²prejudice, doing nothing by way of  ³partiality.

 ¹Lay hands  ²quickly on no man, nor participate in others' sins; keep yourself pure.

 ¹No longer drink water only, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent  ²illnesses.

The  ¹sins of some men are openly  ²manifest, going before to judgment; and for others,  ³they  ⁴also follow after.

Likewise also the  ¹good works are openly manifest, and those that are otherwise cannot be hidden.

As many as are slaves under the yoke should regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, lest the name of God and  ¹our teaching be  ²blasphemed.

And those who have believing masters should not despise them, because they are brothers; but rather they should  ¹serve them, because those who recompense them for the kindly service received are believers and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

If anyone teaches  ¹different things and does not consent to  ²healthy words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which is according to  ³godliness,

He is  ¹blinded with pride, understanding nothing, but is  ²diseased with questionings and contentions of words, out of which come envy, strife,  ³slanders, evil suspicions,

 ¹Perpetual wranglings of men corrupted in mind and  ²deprived of the  ³truth,  ⁴supposing godliness to be a means of gain.

But godliness with  ¹contentment is  ²great gain;

For  ¹we have brought nothing into the world, because neither can we carry anything out.

But having food and  ¹covering, with these we will be  ²content.

But those who  ¹intend to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful  ²desires, which  ³plunge men into  ⁴destruction and ruin.

For the love of money is  ¹a root of all evils, because of which some,  ²aspiring after money, have  ³been led away from the  ⁴faith and pierced themselves through with many pains.

But you, O  ¹man of God, flee these things, and pursue  ²righteousness,  ³godliness,  ⁴faith,  ⁵love,  ⁶endurance,  ⁷meekness.

 ¹Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold on the  ²eternal life,  ³to which you were called and have  ⁴confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

I charge you before God, who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

To keep  ¹the commandment spotless, without reproach, until the  ²appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 ¹Which in its own times  ²the blessed and only Sovereign will show, the King of those who reign as kings and Lord of those who rule as lords,

Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal might. Amen.

Charge those who are rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches but on God, who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

To do  ¹good, to be  ²rich in good works, to be ready to distribute, to be ones willing to share;

Laying away for themselves a good foundation as a treasure for the  ¹future, that they may lay hold on  ²that which is really life.

O Timothy, guard the  ¹deposit, turning away from profane, vain babblings and oppositions from  ²what is falsely called knowledge,