1 All those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, lest the name of God and the teaching be slandered.
2 And those who have believing masters must not look down on
3 If anyone teaches other doctrine and does not devote himself to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching
4 he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,
5 constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.
6 But godliness with contentment is a great means of gain.
7 For we have brought nothing into the world, so that neither can we bring anything out.
8 But
9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.
10 For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some,
11 But you, O man of God, flee from these
12 Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
13 I command you, in the sight of God who gives life to all
15 which he will make known in his own time, the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of those who reign as kings and Lord of those who rule as lords,
16 the
17 Command those
18 to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing freely,
19 storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, in order that they may take hold of
20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted
21 which some,