season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long3 suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound teaching; but, having itching ears, will gather to themselves 4 teachers according to their own lusts, and will 1 Tim. i. 4. turn away their ears from the truth, and be 5 turned aside to fables. But be thou sober in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

6 For I am already being offered up (a), and the

7 time of my departure is at hand. have fought 1 Tim. vi. 12.
the good fight, I have finished my course, I have
8 kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for
me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous Judge, will give me in the great
day; and not to me only, but to all those also
who have loved his appearing.

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Do thy diligence to come quickly to me; for Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this 1 John ii. 15. present world, and hath gone to Thessalonica; II Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is profitable to me for minis12, 13 tering. But Tychicus I sent to Ephesus. When Titus iii. 12. thou comest, bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.

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Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; Psa. xxviii. 4. the Lord will reward him according to his works;

15 and against him be thou also on thy guard; for

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he greatly withstood our words.

At my first defence no one supported me, but

all forsook me; may it not be laid to their Acts vii. 60. 17 charge. But the Lord stood by me,

and

strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of 18 the mouth of the lion. The Lord will deliver Psa. cxxi. 7. me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom; to him be glory for ever,

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Amen.

Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of 20 Onesiphorus. Erastus abode in Corinth; but

(a) Or poured out (as a drink-offering).

Trophimus I left in Miletus sick.

gence to come before winter.

Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia,

and all the brethren, salute thee. The Lord be with thy spirit.

you.

Do thy dili- 21

Grace be with 22

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PAUL,

THE EPISTLE TO

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a servant of GOD, and an apostle of

Christ Jesus, according to the faith of 2 Tim. ii. 25. GOD's elect, and the knowledge of the truth 2 which is according to godliness; in hope of eternal life, which GOD, who cannot lie promised

3 before the world began; but, in His own times,

He manifested His word through the message Rom. x. 14. with which I was entrusted, according to the 4 commandment of GOD our Saviour:-To Titus, my own son according to the common faith; grace, and peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

1 Tim. iii. 2.

5 I LEFT thee in Crete for this cause, that thou 1 Cor. xi. 34.
shouldest set in order the things which are want-
ing, and, as I directed thee, appoint elders in
6 every city; any one who is blameless, the hus-
band of one wife, having believing children who
7 are not accused of excess, or unruly. For a
bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God;
not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to
wine, not a striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
8 but hospitable, a lover of good; prudent, right-
9 eous, devout, self-controlled; holding fast the 2 Thess. ii. 15.
faithful word which agrees with the teaching,

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that he may be able both to exhort in the sound
doctrine, and to confute the gainsayers.

For there are many unruly persons, vain
talkers and deceivers, especially those of the
II Circumcision; whose mouths must be stopped,
for they subvert whole households, teaching for
filthy lucre's sake things which they ought not.

12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, Acts xvii. 28. said, "The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts,

13 idle gluttons.' This testimony is true.

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fore rebuke them sharply, that they may be

14 come sound in the faith, and not give heed to 1 Tim. i. 4.

2 Tim. iii. 5.

Pro. xvi. 31.

1 Tim. v. 14.

1 Tim. iv. 12.

Eph. vi. 5.

Matt. v. 16.

1 Pet. ii. II.

Psa. cxxx. 8.

Jewish fables and to commandments of men
who turn from the truth.

To the pure all things are pure; but to those 15
who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure,
but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
They profess that they know GOD; 'but in works 16
they disown Him, being abominable, and dis-
obedient, and as to every good work worthless.

BUT speak thou the things which beseem the sound teaching: that aged men be sober, grave, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, in patience. Aged women likewise, that they be reverent in behaviour, not slanderers, nor enslaved by much wine, teachers of good things; that they may instruct the young women to be prudent, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sober-minded, pure, workers at home, good, obedient to their husbands, that the word of GOD be not spoken against.

The young men likewise exhort to be soberminded; in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works, sincerity (a) in doctrine, gravity, sound speech which cannot be condemned; that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.

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Exhort servants to be subject to their masters, 9
to please them well in all things, not contradict-
ing, not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; 10
that in all things they may adorn the doctrine
of GOD our Saviour.

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing II
salvation to all men; teaching us that, denying 12
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and piously, in this present
age; looking for the blessed hope and glorious 13
appearing of our great GOD and Saviour (b),
Christ Jesus, who gave himself for us, that he 14
might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to
himself a special people, zealous of good works.
Teach these things, and exhort; and rebuke 15
with all authority. Let no one despise thee.

PUT them in mind to be subject to rulers, to I 3

(a) Or uncorruptness.

(b) Or of the great God and our Saviour.

2 authorities; to be obedient, to be ready for Eph. iv. 2. every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be

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peaceable, gentle, showing all meekness towards

all men.

For we ourselves also were at one time foolish, 1 Cor. vi. 11. disobedient, deceived, slaves to divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, 4 and hating each other. But when the kindness of GOD our Saviour and His love towards man 5 appeared, (not by works of righteousness which Eph. ii. 4. we had done, but according to His mercy) He saved us, through the washing of regeneration 6 and renewal by the Holy Spirit, which He poured forth upon us richly through Jesus

7 Christ our Saviour; that, being justified by His Rom. viii. 24. grace, we might become, according to hope, heirs of eternal life.

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Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I will that thou speak boldly. Let those who have believed GOD be careful to practise good works. These things are good and profit

9 able to men; but avoid foolish questions, and 2 Tim. ii. 23. genealogies, and contention, and strivings about

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the Law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

A man who is a heretic, after a first and a Matt. xviii. 17. II second admonition reject; knowing that he

who is such hath turned aside, and sinneth, being self-condemned.

1 2 WHEN I shall send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis; 13 for I have decided to winter there. Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. 14 And let our brethren learn to practise good Titus iii. 8. works for necessary purposes, that they be not unfruitful.

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All who are with me salute thee. Salute those who love us in faith.

Grace be with you all.