¹⁸ Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,^(A) and to be generous and willing to share.^{(B) 19} In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves^(C) as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of^(D) the life that is truly life.

²⁰ Timothy, guard what has been entrusted^(E) to your care. Turn away from godless chatter^(F) and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,