61 Timothy 6

1As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;Select 1 Timothy 6:1

2and those having believing masters, let them not slight them , because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;Select 1 Timothy 6:2

3if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and to the teaching according to piety,Select 1 Timothy 6:3

4he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,Select 1 Timothy 6:4

5wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;Select 1 Timothy 6:5

6but it is great gain--the piety with contentment;Select 1 Timothy 6:6

7for nothing did we bring into the world-- it is manifest that we are able to carry nothing out;Select 1 Timothy 6:7

8but having food and raiment--with these we shall suffice ourselves;Select 1 Timothy 6:8

9and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,Select 1 Timothy 6:9

10for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;Select 1 Timothy 6:10

11and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;Select 1 Timothy 6:11

12be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.Select 1 Timothy 6:12

13I charge thee, before God, who is making all things alive, and of Christ Jesus, who did testify before Pontius Pilate the right profession,Select 1 Timothy 6:13

14that thou keep the command unspotted, unblameable, till the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,Select 1 Timothy 6:14

15which in His own times He shall shew--the blessed and only potentate, the King of the kings and Lord of the lords,Select 1 Timothy 6:15

16who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom is honour and might age-during! Amen.Select 1 Timothy 6:16

17Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --Select 1 Timothy 6:17

18to do good, to be rich in good works, to be ready to impart, willing to communicate,Select 1 Timothy 6:18

19treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.Select 1 Timothy 6:19

20O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named knowledge,Select 1 Timothy 6:20

21which certain professing--concerning the faith did swerve; the grace is with you. Amen.Select 1 Timothy 6:21