Category Archives: 1 Timothy

1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the authority of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope, 2 to Timothy, beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 Now I asked you to remain at Ephesus, while I went into Macedonia, […]

1 And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men, 2 for kings, and for all who are in high places, so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and chastity. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight […]

1 It is a faithful saying: if a man desires the episcopate, he desires a good work. 2 Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher, 3 not a drunkard, not combative but restrained, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 but […]

1 Now the Spirit has clearly said that, in the end times, some persons will depart from the faith, paying attention to spirits of error and the doctrines of devils, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, and having their consciences seared, 3 prohibiting marriage, abstaining from foods, which God has created to be accepted with thanksgiving […]

1 You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers; 2 with old women, like mothers; with young women, in all chastity, like sisters. 3 Honor those widows who are true widows. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, […]

1 Whoever are servants under the yoke, let them consider their masters to be worthy of every honor, lest the name and doctrine of the Lord be blasphemed. 2 But those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brothers, but rather serve them all the more because they are believing […]