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 \v 1-2 I, Paul, am writing this to Timothy. God our Savior and Christ Jesus are those in whom we have confidence for the future, and Christ commanded me to be an apostle. You became a Christian when I told you about Jesus Christ, and you are my true son in the Lord. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord be kind to you, have mercy upon you, and give you peace.
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 \v 3 The reason that I urged you to remain in Ephesus while I traveled to Macedonia was so that you would command certain men not to teach what is different from what we teach.
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 \v 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, because he gave me the strength to serve him. He also relies on me to serve him.
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 \v 13 In past times, I insulted and persecuted the believers. I did violent deeds, but God had mercy on me because I did not believe, and I did not know what I was doing.
 \v 14 God was extremely kind to me, for he made me able to believe in Christ Jesus and love him because he united me to him.
 
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 \v 18 Timothy, my child, I command you: Remember what certain believers prophesied about you. Do this in order to follow those things as you work hard for the Lord.
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 \v 19 Trust God and keep a good conscience. Some people have not paid attention to their own consciences. So what has happened to their faith is a disaster.
 \v 20 Hymenaeus and Alexander are two men like this. I have handed them over to Satan for him to attack them, so that they may learn not to insult God.
 
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 \v 1 You should rely on what I tell you here: If someone desires very much to oversee believers, he wants to do something really excellent.
 \v 2 For that reason, however, an overseer must be someone whom no one accuses of anything bad. He must have only one wife. He must not do anything to excess; he must think in wise ways. He must behave well, and he must welcome strangers. He must be able to teach others.
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 \v 3 He must not be an alcoholic and not quick to fight. Instead, he must be patient and peaceful with others. And he should not be greedy for money.
 
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 \v 4 He should control the people in his own home well. His children should obey him with respect.
 \v 5 I say this because if a man does not even know how to control the people in his own house, how can he care for an assembly of God's people?
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 \v 6 A new believer should not be be an overseer, because he might think that he is better than other people. If that happened, God might punish him like he punished the devil.
 \v 7 Those outside of the church must also think well of him. Otherwise he might be shamed and the devil might persuade him to sin.
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 \v 8 Deacons, in the same way, should be people whom others respect. They should be sincere when they speak. They should not drink too much wine, and they must not be greedy for money.
 \v 9 They should believe in the true things that God has told us, and at the same time know what is right, and then do it.
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 \v 10 Find these qualities in them first, and then choose them to serve because no one can find anything wrong with them.
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 \v 11 In the same way, other people should respect deacons' wives. Their wives should not talk badly about other people. They must not do anything to excess, and they must be honest in everything they do.
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 \v 12 A deacon must have only one wife and must control his children and his possessions well.
 \v 13 Good deacons are men whom the other believers highly respect. They come to trust in Christ Jesus very much.
 
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 \v 11 Declare and teach these things to the believers.
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 \v 12 Do not allow anyone to say that you are useless because you are young. Instead, show other believers how to live. Show them this by how you speak, by how you live, by how you love, by how you trust God, and by how you keep from committing evil deeds.
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 \v 13 Until I come to you, see to it that you read God's word to the believers in public, and that you explain and teach it to the believers.
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 \v 14 Be sure to use the gift that is in you, what God gave to you when the elders laid hands on you and spoke God's messages to you.
 \v 15 Be sure to do all these things and live according to them. In this way, all the believers will see that you are doing them better and better.
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 \v 1 Do not speak harshly to a man older than yourself. Instead, encourage him as if he were your father. Do the same to younger men as if they were your brothers.
 \v 2 Encourage older women as mothers, and younger women as if they were your sisters. Act toward them in a way that no one can criticize.
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 \v 15 I write these things because some younger widows have already left the way of Christ to follow Satan.
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 \v 16 If any believing woman has widows among her relatives, let her help them, so those widows will not be a burden to the church. In this way the church will be able to help real widows.
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 \v 17 Let the believers give double honor to the elders who lead them well, and especially to the elders who preach and teach God's word.
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 \v 18 For the scripture says, "You shall not keep the ox from eating the grain that he is treading out" and "The laborer deserves to get his pay."
 
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 \v 21 God, Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels see me as I solemnly command you to do these things. Be sure that you do not judge anyone before you should. Be sure that you do not favor one person over another when you lead the believers.
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 \v 22 When you want someone to begin to serve the believers, make no decision too quickly, so you do not choose them too soon. And do not be a partner with anyone in sinning. You must keep yourself without fault.
 
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 \v 1 As for believers who are slaves, they should honor their masters in every way, so that no one will insult God or what we teach.
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 \v 2 Slaves who have believing masters should not respect them less, for they are brothers. Instead, they should serve their masters even better, because the masters whom they serve are their brothers whom they should love. Teach and announce these things to the believers.