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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CHURCH HOME-KEEPING INDUSTRY

So I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and not give opponents of the faith any occasion for slander.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CHURCH WISE TREATMENT OF YOUNG AND OLD

If anyone fails to provide for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he has denied the faith [by disregarding its precepts] and is worse than an unbeliever [who fulfills his obligation in these matters].

A GOOD SERVANT OF CHRIST JESUS

Pay close attention to yourself [concentrate on your personal development] and to your teaching; persevere in these things [hold to them], for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.

REJECT FALSE AND FOOLISH TEACHING

For physical training is of some value, but godliness (spiritual training) is of value in everything and in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.

QUALIFICATIONS OF CHURCH OFFICIALS THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS

Women must likewise be worthy of respect, not malicious gossips, but self-controlled, [thoroughly] trustworthy in all things.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OVERSEERS FITNESS FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP

This is a faithful and trustworthy saying: if any man [eagerly] seeks the office of overseer (bishop, superintendent), he desires an excellent task.

PRAYER AND MODEST ADORNING PRAY FOR ALL PEOPLE

For there is [only] one God, and [only] one Mediator between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus.

CHRIST JESUS CAME TO SAVE SINNERS AN EXAMPLE OF CHRIST’S LONG-SUFFERING

Christ Jesus Came To Save Sinners

GREETING AND WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS

Now we know [without any doubt] that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully and appropriately,
understanding the fact that law is not enacted for the righteous person [the one in right standing with God], but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinful, for the irreverent and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
for sexually immoral persons, for homosexuals, for kidnappers and slave traders, for liars, for perjurers–and for whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

OUTLINE OF THE FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY

The Epistle was designed to instruct him how to deal with false teachers, how to conduct public worship, and to urge him to cultivate all those qualities which would better equip him for the discharge of his important duties.