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Instructions to Servants

Let as many bondmen as are under yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the teaching be not blasphemed.

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Let all who are under a yoke as bondservantsa regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

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And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them] because they are brethren; but let them the rather serve them with subjection, because they are faithful and beloved, who profit by the good and ready service [rendered]. These things teach and exhort.

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Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.

False Teachers and True Contentment

Teach and urge these things.

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Reject False Doctrines

If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which [is] according to piety,

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If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the soundb words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,

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he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions,

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he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

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constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be [the end of] piety.

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and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

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Contentment in Godliness

But piety with contentment *is* great gain.

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But godliness with contentment is great gain,

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For we have brought nothing into the world: [it is] [manifest] that neither can we carry anything out.

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for we brought nothing into the world, andc we cannot take anything out of the world.

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But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.

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But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

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But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.

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But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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For the love of money is [the] root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

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Fight the Good Fight

But *thou*, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit.

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Fight the Good Fight of Faith

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

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Strive earnestly [in] the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

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Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

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I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,

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I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony befored Pontius Pilate made the good confession,

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that thou keep the commandment spotless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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which in its own time the blessed and only Ruler shall shew, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that exercise lordship;

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which he will display at the proper time — he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

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who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom [be] honour and eternal might. Amen.

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who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

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A Charge to the Rich

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for [our] enjoyment;

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As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

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to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate [of their substance],

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They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

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laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of [what is] really life.

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thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

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Final Guidance

O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,

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O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,”

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of which some having made profession, have missed the faith. Grace [be] with thee.

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for by professing it some have swerved from the faith.
Grace be with you.e

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1 Timothy 6

1 Timothy 6