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Havingdamnation,because they have cast off their firstfaith.
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And*withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house;andnotonlyidle,buttattlersalsoandbusybodies,speaking things which they oughtnot.
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I willtherefore that the younger womenmarry, bear children, guide the house, givenoneoccasion to the adversaryto speak reproachfully.
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If anymanor woman that believethhavewidows, let them relievethem,andletnot the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widowsindeed.
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Let the elders that rulewell be counted worthy of doublehonour,especially they who labourin the wordanddoctrine.
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For the scripturesaith, Thou shaltnotmuzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of hisreward.
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Against an elderreceivenot an accusation,but*before[a]twoorthreewitnesses.
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Them that sinrebukebeforeall,thatothersalsomayfear.
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I charge thee beforeGod,and the LordJesusChrist,and the electangels,that thou observe these thingswithout preferring one before another,doingnothingbypartiality.
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Layhandssuddenlyon no man,neither be partaker of other men's sins:keepthyselfpure.