<vn='1'>Let as <sn="3745">many</s><sn="1401">servants</s> as <sn="1526">are</s><sn="5259">under</s> the <sn="2218">yoke</s><sn="2233">count</s> their <sn="2398">own</s><sn="1203">masters</s><sn="514">worthy</s> of <sn="3956">all</s><sn="5092">honor</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">and</s> his <sn="1319">doctrine</s> be <sn="3361">not</s><sn="987">blasphemed</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1161">And</s> they that <sn="2192">have</s><sn="4103">believing</s><sn="1203">masters</s>, let them <sn="3361">not</s><sn="2706">despise</s> them, <sn="3754">because</s> they <sn="1526">are</s><sn="80">brethren</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="3123">rather</s> do them <sn="1398">service</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> they <sn="1526">are</s><sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="27">beloved</s>, <sn="482">partakers</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2108">benefit</s>. These <sn="5023">things</s><sn="1321">teach</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3870">exhort</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>If any <sn="1536">man</s> teach <sn="2085">otherwise</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4334">consent</s><sn="3361">not</s> to <sn="5198">wholesome</s><sn="3056">words</s>, even the <sn="3588">words</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1319">doctrine</s> which is <sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="2150">godliness</s>; </v>
<vn='4'>He is <sn="5187">proud</s>, <sn="1987">knowing</s><sn="3367">nothing</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3552">doting</s><sn="4012">about</s><sn="2214">questions</s><sn="2532">and</s> strifes of <sn="3055">words</s>, <sn="1537 3739">whereof</s><sn="1096">cometh</s><sn="5355">envy</s>, <sn="2054">strife</s>, <sn="988">railings</s>, <sn="4190">evil</s><sn="5283">surmisings</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Perverse <sn="3859">disputings</s> of <sn="444">men</s> of <sn="1311">corrupt</s><sn="3563">minds</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="650">destitute</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s>, <sn="3543">supposing</s> that <sn="4200">gain</s><sn="1511">is</s><sn="2150">godliness</s>: <sn="575">from</s><sn="5108">such</s> withdraw <sn="868">thyself</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1063">For</s> we <sn="1533">brought</s><sn="3762">nothing</s><sn="1519">into</s> this <sn="2889">world</s>, and it is <sn="1212">certain</s><sn="*3761">we</s><sn="1410">can</s> carry nothing <sn="1627 5100">out</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2192">having</s><sn="1305">food</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4629">raiment</s> let us be therewith <sn="714 5125">content</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">But</s> they that <sn="1014">will</s> be <sn="4147">rich</s><sn="1706">fall</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3986">temptation</s><sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="3803">snare</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> into <sn="4183">many</s><sn="453">foolish</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="983">hurtful</s><sn="1939">lusts</s>, <sn="3748">which</s><sn="1036">drown</s><sn="444">men</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3639">destruction</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="684">perdition</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s> love of <sn="5365">money</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="4491">root</s> of <sn="3956">all</s><sn="2556">evil</s>: <sn="3739">which</s> while <sn="5100">some</s> coveted <sn="3713">after</s>, they have <sn="635">erred</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> pierced themselves <sn="4044 1438">through</s> with <sn="4183">many</s><sn="3601">sorrows</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="4771">thou</s>, <sn="5599">O</s><sn="444">man</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="5343">flee</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>; <sn="1161">and</s> follow <sn="1377">after</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>, <sn="2150">godliness</s>, <sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="26">love</s>, <sn="5281">patience</s>, <sn="4236">meekness</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="75">Fight</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2570">good</s><sn="73">fight</s> of <sn="4102">faith</s>, lay hold <sn="1949">on</s><sn="166">eternal</s><sn="2222">life</s>, <sn="1519 3739">whereunto</s> thou art <sn="2532">also</s><sn="2564">called</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> hast <sn="3670">professed</s> a <sn="2570">good</s><sn="3671">profession</s><sn="1799">before</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="3144">witnesses</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>I give thee <sn="3853 4671">charge</s> in the <sn="1799">sight</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, who <sn="2227">quickeneth</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> before <sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, who <sn="1909">before</s><sn="4194">Pontius</s><sn="4091">Pilate</s><sn="3140">witnessed</s> a <sn="2570">good</s><sn="3671">confession</s>; </v>
<vn='14'>That <sn="4571">thou</s><sn="5083">keep</s> this <sn="1785">commandment</s> without <sn="784">spot</s>, <sn="423">unrebukable</s>, <sn="3360">until</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2015">appearing</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3739">Which</s> in <sn="2398">his</s><sn="2540">times</s> he shall <sn="1166">show</s>, who is <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3107">blessed</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3441">only</s><sn="1413">Potentate</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="935">King</s> of <sn="936">kings</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> of <sn="2961">lords</s>; </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">Who</s><sn="3441">only</s><sn="2192">hath</s><sn="110">immortality</s>, <sn="3611">dwelling</s> in the <sn="5457">light</s> which no man can approach <sn="676">unto</s>; <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="3762">no</s><sn="444">man</s> hath <sn="1492">seen</s>, <sn="3761">nor</s><sn="1410">can</s><sn="1492">see</s>: to <sn="3739">whom</s> be <sn="5092">honor</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2904">power</s><sn="166">everlasting</s>. <sn="281">Amen</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3853">Charge</s> them that are <sn="4145">rich</s><sn="1722">in</s> this <sn="3568 165">world</s>, that they be not <sn="5309 3361">highminded</s>; <sn="3366">nor</s><sn="1679">trust</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="83">uncertain</s><sn="4149">riches</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2198">living</s><sn="2316">God</s>, who <sn="3930">giveth</s><sn="2254">us</s><sn="4146">richly</s> all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="619">enjoy</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>That they do <sn="14">good</s>, that they be <sn="4147">rich</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2570">good</s><sn="2041 *1511">works</s>, ready to <sn="2130">distribute</s>, willing to <sn="2843">communicate</s>; </v>
<vn='19'>Laying up in <sn="597">store</s> for <sn="1438">themselves</s> a <sn="2570">good</s><sn="2310">foundation</s><sn="1519">against</s><sn="3588">the</s> time to <sn="3195">come</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> they may lay hold <sn="1949">on</s><sn="166">eternal</s><sn="2222">life</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="5599">O</s><sn="5095">Timothy</s>, <sn="5442">keep</s> that which is committed to thy <sn="3872">trust</s>, <sn="1624">avoiding</s><sn="952">profane</s> and vain <sn="2757">babblings</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="477">oppositions</s> of <sn="1108">science</s> falsely so <sn="5581">called</s>: </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3739">Which</s><sn="5100">some</s><sn="1861">professing</s> have <sn="795">erred</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s>. <sn="5485">Grace</s> be <sn="3326">with</s><sn="4675">thee</s>. <sn="281">Amen</s>. </v>