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Paul’s gone on to Macedonia. I’ve stayed behind in Ephesus, like he asked. Some people here are teaching stuff they shouldn’t, and apparently it’s my job to tell them to stop. No pressure.
As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
Replying to @timothy
Myths. Endless family trees. None of it helps anyone; it just starts arguments. What we’re aiming for is love, from a pure heart, a clear conscience and faith that’s real.
or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith. The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord for trusting me with this. Me. I used to insult him, hunt down his people, and I was violent. I did it in ignorance and unbelief, and he showed me mercy anyway.
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service. I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
Here’s a saying you can trust, and everyone should take it on board: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I’m the worst of them.
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
Replying to @paul
Not what you’d expect from the bloke who taught here for three years.
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
That was me. And that’s exactly why he showed me mercy: if he could be that patient with the worst of them, it’s an example for everyone who’d ever believe in him.
Luke@luke · JerusalemAnd Saul was there, approving of it all.
Now he’s going house to house, dragging believers, men and women, off to prison. Everyone except the apostles scatters.But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
First of all, pray. For everyone. For kings and everyone in charge too, so we can live quiet, peaceful lives. God wants everyone to be saved and to come to know the truth.
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
There’s one God. And there’s one go-between for God and people: the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself to pay for everyone’s freedom.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
Want to lead a church? Good thing to want. The list: 1. Nobody can point a finger at you. 2. Faithful to your wife. 3. Self-controlled, sensible, respectable. 4. You welcome guests, and you can teach. 5. Not a drinker. Not violent. Gentle. 6. You don’t love money. 7. You run your own home well. If you can’t look after your own family, how will you look after God’s church? 8. Not a new believer, or it’ll go to your head.
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task. An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity. For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil. Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
The mystery of our faith, and it’s a big one: he showed up in a human body. The Spirit proved he was in the right. Angels saw him. He was preached among the nations, believed in all over the world, and taken up into glory.
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
Some people will tell you not to marry, and not to eat certain foods. God made those foods to be enjoyed with thanks. Everything God made is good. Don’t turn any of it down if you take it with thanks.
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
Physical training is worth something. Training yourself to live God’s way is worth far more. It pays off now, and in the life to come.
For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
Timothy, don’t let anyone look down on you because you’re young. Be the example: in what you say, how you live, in love, in faith, in purity.
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Treat older men like your father. Younger men like brothers. Older women like mothers. Younger women like sisters, with nothing but purity.
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
Anyone who won’t look after their own relatives, especially their own household, has denied the faith. They’re worse than someone who doesn’t believe at all.
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Elders who lead well deserve double honour, especially the ones working hard at preaching and teaching. Scripture says don’t muzzle the ox. And the worker deserves his pay.
Moses@mosesDon’t muzzle an ox while it’s treading out the grain.Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”
Timothy. Stop drinking only water. Have a little wine, for your stomach and all those illnesses of yours.
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Living God’s way and being content with it: that’s real wealth. We brought nothing into the world, and we can’t take anything out of it. If we’ve got food and clothes, that’s enough.
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
People who are set on getting rich fall into temptation and a trap. The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people chasing it have wandered away from the faith and brought themselves a lot of pain.
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Replying to @paul
Bold, saying that in Ephesus of all places. People here literally make a living selling silver shrines of Artemis.
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life you were called to.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
Tell the rich not to be arrogant, and not to pin their hopes on money, which is so uncertain, but on God, who gives us everything richly to enjoy. Tell them to be rich in doing good. Generous. Ready to share.
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
Timothy, guard what’s been trusted to you. Steer clear of the pointless chatter, and the arguments of what some people wrongly call knowledge.
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”