THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TIMOTHY
Chapter 1 - Unto Timothy
Chapter 2 - Jesus Christ; Who Gave Himself a Ransom for All
Chapter 3 - Qualities of Bishops
Chapter 4 - Seducing Spirits and Doctrines of Devils
Chapter 5 - Rules of Conduct
Chapter 6 - Fight the Good Fight of Faith
CHAPTER 1
1 Paul,
an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus
Christ, [which is] our hope;
2 Unto Timothy, [my] own son in the faith:
Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
3
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that
thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
4 Neither give
heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than
godly edifying which is in faith: [so do].
5 Now the end of the commandment
is charity out of a pure heart, and [of] a good conscience, and [of] faith
unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain
jangling;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what
they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8 But we know that the law [is] good, if a
man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous
man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for
unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for
manslayers,
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with
mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any
other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11 According to the glorious
gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
12 And I thank
Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful,
putting me into the ministry;
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a
persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly
in unbelief.
14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith
and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy
of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of
whom I am chief.
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first
Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which
should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
17 Now unto the King
eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, [be] honour and glory for ever
and ever. Amen.
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to
the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good
warfare;
19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away
concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander;
whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
CHAPTER 2
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and
[for] all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in
all godliness and honesty.
3 For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight
of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the
knowledge of the truth.
5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be
testified in due time.
7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle,
(I speak the truth in Christ, [and] lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith
and verity.
8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy
hands, without wrath and doubting.
9 In like manner also, that women adorn
themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided
hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10 But (which becometh women
professing godliness) with good works.
11 Let the woman learn in silence with
all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority
over the man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the
transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they
continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
CHAPTER 3
1
This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a
good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not
given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a
brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his
children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule
his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice,
lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into
reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be]
grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these
also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found]
blameless.
11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober,
faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife,
ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used
the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great
boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto
thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou
mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is
the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 And
without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the
flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,
believed on in the world, received up into glory.
CHAPTER 4
1 Now the
Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking
lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3
Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath
created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the
truth.
4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if
it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God
and prayer.
6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou
shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and
of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
7 But refuse profane and old
wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.
8 For bodily
exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having
promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
9 This [is] a
faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
10 For therefore we both
labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the
Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
11 These things command
and teach.
12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the
believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the
laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15 Meditate upon these things; give
thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed
unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou
shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
CHAPTER 5
1 Rebuke
not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;
2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4 But if any widow have children or
nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their
parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
5 Now she that is a
widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and
prayers night and day.
6 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, and specially for those of his own house, he
hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9 Let not a widow be
taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one
man,
10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if
she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have
relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
11
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against
Christ, they will marry;
12 Having damnation, because they have cast off
their first faith.
13 And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about
from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
speaking things which they ought not.
14 I will therefore that the younger
women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary
to speak reproachfully.
15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.
16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and
let not the church be charged; that it may relieve 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, Thou
shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer [is]
worthy of his reward.
19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but
before two or three witnesses.
20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that
others also may fear.
21 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 suddenly on no
man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
23 Drink no
longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often
infirmities.
24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to
judgment; and some [men] they follow after.
25 Likewise also the good works
[of some] are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
CHAPTER 6
1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own
masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not
blasphemed.
2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise
[them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they
are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and
exhort.
3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words,
[even] the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is
according to godliness;
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about
questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil
surmisings,
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of
the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into
[this] world, [and it is] certain we can carry nothing out.
8 And having food
and raiment let us be therewith content.
9 But they that will be rich fall
into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which
drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is the root
of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But thou, O man of God, flee
these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,
whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many
witnesses.
13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all
things, and [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good
confession;
14 That thou keep [this] commandment without spot, unrebukeable,
until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall
shew, [who is] the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of
lords;
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can
approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power
everlasting. Amen.
17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be
not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth
us richly all things to enjoy;
18 That they do good, that they be rich in
good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
19 Laying up in
store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may
lay hold on eternal life.
20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy
trust, avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely
so called:
21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace
[be] with thee. Amen.
<¶ The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea,
which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.>