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Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.
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For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
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I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.
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But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.
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He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.
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(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
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A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
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Widows, Elders and Slaves
Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,
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But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
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and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.
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So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.
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Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
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Final Charge to Timothy
But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
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Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
