13 Till I come, give attendance to Ac. 6.6. 2 Ti. 1.6. things. + Or, in all e Ac. 20. 28. f Eze. 33. 9. 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew i piety at home, and © to requite their parents: ford that is good and acceptable before reading, to exhorta- 8 Ro. 11. 14. God. tion, to doctrine. 14b Neglect not the 1 Co.9.22. Ja. 5. 20. a Le. 19. 32. 5 e Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth gift that is in thee, b ver. 5. 16. in God, and f contiwhich was given thee by prophecy, d with the laying on of the hands of the presby tery. kindness. e Ge. 45. 10, Ma. 15. 4. Ep.6.1, 2. 15 Meditate upon these things ;. gived ch. 2. 3. thyself wholly to e 1 Co. 7. 32. them; that thy profit- f Lu. 2. 37. ing may appear † to all. g Ac. 26. 7. h Ja. 5. 5. Or, 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the delicately. doctrine; continue in i ch. 1. 3. them: for in doing k Is. 58. 7. this thou shalt both Ga. 6. 10. save thyself, and ++ Or, them s that hear thee. kindred. CHAP. V. 1 REBUKE anot an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 12 Ti. 3. 5. Tit. 1. 16. m Ma. 18.17. 110r,chosen. n ch. 3. 2. Lu. 2. 36. nueth in suplications and prayers s night and day. 6 h But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8 But if any provide not for his own, kand specially for those of his own ++house, 1 he hath denied the faith, and m and is worse than an infidel. 9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threeScore years old, having n been the wife of one man, 10 Well reported of Of respect 1 TIMOTHY V. to elders. for good works; if A. D. 65. (and let not the church she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have Pwashed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently every good work. 11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have be gun to wax wanton followed against Christ, they will marry; 12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. withal 13 And shey learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking z things which they ought not. be charged; that it may relieve t them that are widows indeed. 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, yThou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, z The labourer is worthy of his reward. 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but a before two or three witnesses. 20 b Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may Le. 19. 13. 15. Ma. 10. 10. Lu. 10. 7. Or, under. a De. 19. 15. 14 r I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give occasion to the adTi. 1. 13. versary to speak re-e De. 13. 11. proachfully. none 15 For some are already turned aside after Satan. b Ga. 2. 11. 14. 21 d I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. 22 Lay hands sudOr, denly on Do man, without pre-neither f be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. d ch. 6. 13. 2 Ti. 2. 14. 16 If any man or judice. woman that believethe Ac. 6. 6. 2 Ti. 1. 6. have widows, let f 2 Juo. 11. them relieve them, 23 Drink no longer water, but use a little Duties of g Ps.104.15. 24 h Some men's h Ga. 5. 19. sins are open before-a 1 Pe. 2. 18. hand, going before to b Is. 52. 5. judgment; and some e Col. 4. 1. men they follow after. + Or, 25 Likewise also the believing. good works of some are manifest before-d ch. 4. 11. hand; and they that e ch. 1. 3. are otherwise cannot f 2 Ti. 1. 13. be hid. CHAP. VI. g Tit. 1. 1. Or, a fool. 1 LET as many h ch. 1. 7. 1 Co. 8. 2. servants a as are under the yoke counts Or, sick. their Own masters Tit. 3. 9. worthy of all honour, k ch. 1. 6. that b the name of I Co. 11. God and his doctrine 16. be not blasphemed. tt Or, gall2 And they that ings one of have believing mas- another. ters, let them not 12 Ti. 3.8. despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do m 2 Pe. 2. 3. n Ro. 16. 17. Pr. 15. 16. & 16. 8. servants. 4 He is proud, nothing, knowing b but § doting about questions i and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5k+Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing m that gain is godliness: n from such withdraw thy self. 6 But • godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For P we brought into this nothing world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9 But r they that will be rich fall into and a them service, because Ps. 37. 16. temptation 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent f not to wholesome words, even the q Ps. 49. 17. r Ma. 13. 22. s ch. 3. 7. t ch. 1. 19. snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 u For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, words of our Lord u Ex. 23. 8. they have terred De. 16. 19. Jesus Christ, g and ness; from the faith, and themselves through with many pierced 11 Or, been sorrows. Rich men 11 1 TIMOTHY VI. x 2 Ti. 2. 22. admonished. But thou, y O A. D. 65. honour and power man of God, flee everlasting. Amen. these things; and follow after righte-2 Ti. 3. 17. ousness, godliness, Co. 9. 25. faith, love, patience, a Ph. 3. 12. meekness. b He. 13. 23. 12 Fight the good c ch. 5. 21. fight of faith, a lay a Jno. 5. 21. hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, band hast professed a good profession before witnesses. many e Ma. 27. 11. t Jno. 18.37. Or. 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, d who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius 1 Pilate witnessed a good + confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: g f Ph. 1. 6. Re. 1. 6. m Job 31. 24. Ps. 52. 7. Mar.10.24. Lu. 12. 21. Gr. the uncertainty of riches. Pr. 23, 5. o 1 Th. 1. 9. 15 Which in his times he shall shew, P Ac. 17.25. who is the blessed 9 La. 12. 21. and only Potentate, Ro. 12. 13. the h King of kings, sociable. and Lord of lords; s He. 13. 16. 16 i Who only hath t Ma. 6. 20. immortality, dwell- Lu. 12. 33. ing in the light which u ver. 12. no man can approach x Re. 3. 3. unto; whom no y 2 Ti. 2. 16. man hath seen, nor z 2 Ti. 2. 18. can see to whom be Or, 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor m trust in n uncertain riches, but in the o living God, whop giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; 18 That they do good, that 4 they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to commu. nicate; a 19 Laying up in store for themselves good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay u hold on eternal life. 20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, y avoiding profane and vain babtions of science falseblings, and opposi ly so called: 21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace le with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana. It is uncertain as to the exact period when this Epistle was written? some date it, A. D. 60, others, A. D. 68. ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ Η ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ. The Second Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to TIMOTHY. CHAP. I. 1 PAUL, a an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to b the pro 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance Luise of life which is 1. 1. 2. that thou stir up the in Christ Jesus, d Ro. 1. 8. Ep. 1. 16. e Ac. 22. 3. & 23. 1. & 3. 10. 2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son : Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ f 1 Th. 1.2. Jesus our Lord. 3d I thank God, gch. 4.9.21. whom I serve from 1 Ti. 1. 5. my forefathers with pure conscience, that without f ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers m night and day; to i Ac. 16. 1. k1 Ti. 4.14. Ro. 8. 15. Lu. 24. 49. Ac. 1. 8. 4 8 Greatly desiring n Ro. 1. 16. see thee, being o Re. 1. 2. mindful of thy tears, p Ph. 1. 7. that I may be filled q Col. 1. 24. with joy; r1 Ti. 1. 1. Tit. 3. 4. 5 When I call to remembrance hthes 1 Th. 4. 7 unfeigned faith that He. 3. 1. is in thee, which Ro. 3. 20. dwelt first in thya Ro. 8. 28. grandmother Lois, gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; m but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 n Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me p his prisoner: 4 but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not t according to our works, but u according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ |