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1 Let all who are under a yoke as slaves 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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Whosoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honour; lest the name of the Lord and his doctrine be blasphemed.
2 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. Teach and urge these things.
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But they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but serve them the rather, because they are faithful and beloved, who are partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,
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If any man teach otherwise and consent not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to that doctrine which is according to godliness,
4 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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He is proud, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and strifes of words; from which arise envies, contentions, blasphemies, evil suspicions,
5 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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Conflicts of men corrupted in mind and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness.
6 Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment,
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But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
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For we brought nothing into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out.
8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
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But having food and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.
9 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 they that will become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition.
10 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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For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.
11 But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
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But thou, O man of God, fly these things: and pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness.
12 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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Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called and be it confessed a good confession before many witnesses.
13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
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I charge thee before God who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate, a good confession:
14 to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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That thou keep the commandment without spot, blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 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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Which in his times he shall shew, who is the Blessed and only Mighty, the King of kings and Lord of lords:
16 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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Who only hath immortality and inhabiteth light inaccessible: whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.
17 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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Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)
18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
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To do good, to be rich in good work, to give easily, to communicate to others,
19 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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To lay up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.
20 O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"
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O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called.
21 for by professing it some have swerved from the faith. Grace be with you.
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Which some promising, have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
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