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and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.

Women likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,

Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,

but the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

But refuse to put younger widows on the list; for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,

Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house; and they are not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.

No longer drink only water, but take a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.

As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.

Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

and for this reason I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him.

for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.