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And they also learn idleness, wandering from house to house; and not only idleness, but also to talk much, and to pursue vanities, and to utter what they ought not.

And hereafter drink not water, but drink a little wine; on account of thy stomach, and thy continuing infirmities.

And let them who have believing masters, not treat them with disrespect, because they are their brethren; but let them be more obedient, because they are believers and beloved, in whose service they enjoy quietness. These things teach thou, and request of them.

But if there be any one, who teacheth a different doctrine, and doth not accede to the salutary words of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and to the doctrine of the fear of God,

and the disputation of men, whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth, and who suppose that gain is godliness. But from these stand thou aloof.

But great is our gain, which is the fear of God, with the use of our competence.

But they who desire to become rich, fall into temptations, and into snares, and into many lusts which are foolish and hurtful, and which drown men in destruction and perdition:

But thou, O man of God, flee from these things; and follow after righteousness, and rectitude, and faith, and love, and patience, and humility.

Charge the rich of this world, that they be not uplifted in their minds; and that they confide not in riches, in which is no security; but in the living God, who giveth us all things abundantly for our comfort:

For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of energy, and of love, and of instruction.

Therefore be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure evils in connection with the Gospel, through the power of God;

who hath vivified us, and called us with a holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his good pleasure, and his grace that was given us in Jesus the Messiah from time before the ages,

But also, when he came to Rome, he sought for me with diligence, and found me.

in which I suffer evils unto bonds, as if an evil-doer: but the word of God is not in bonds.

and, if we shall have suffered, we shall also reign with him. But if we shall have rejected him, he will reject us.

But the firm foundation of God standeth; and it hath this seal, The Lord knoweth them who are his: and, Let every one who invoketh the name of our Lord, stand aloof from iniquity.

But in a great house, there are not only vessels of gold or silver, but also of wood and of pottery; and some of them for honor, and some for dishonor.

And a servant of our Lord ought not to contend, but to be mild towards every one, and instructive, and patient;

But this know thou, that in the latter days hard times will come:

having a form of respect for God, but wide from the power of God. Them who are such, repel from thee.