^6:1 As many as are bondservants under the yoke, let^° them deem their own masters worthy of all honor, in-order-that the name of God and the teaching may not be blasphemed.

             ^6:2 Now the ones who have believing masters, let^° them not despise them, because they are brethren, but rather let^° them serve^* them, because they are believing and beloved, who are helped from the good^* work that you do, teach and encourage these things.

             ^6:3 If anyone is teaching a different teaching and is not coming near to sound^* words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the teaching, the one according-to devoutness, ^6:4 he has been puffed up, knowing nothing, but being mentally diseased concerning debates and quarrels over words, out-of which become: envy, strife, blasphemies, evil suspicions, ^6:5 continuous-arguments of men who have been corrupted in the mind and who have been deprived of the truth, supposing devoutness to be a method to earnings. Withdraw from such ones.

             ^6:6 But devoutness with contentment is a great method to earnings; ^6:7 for^* we brought nothing into the world; it is evident that we are not able to carry anything out; {Job 1:21} ^6:8 but we will be content with these things, having nourishment and clothes. ^6:9 But the ones planning to be rich are falling into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which are submerging men into utter-destruction and everlasting destruction. ^6:10 For^* the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils, of which some aspiring to, were misled from the faith and they themselves are staked-through by many sorrows.

             ^6:11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, devoutness, faith, love^*, endurance, meekness. ^6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith, grab the everlasting life, to which you were called and professed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. ^6:13 I am commanding you in God’s sight, who is making^* all things alive and of Christ Jesus, who in front of Pontius Pilate testified the good confession; ^6:14 for you to keep the commandment, unstained, unimpeachable, till the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. ^6:15 Which in their own times, he will show, the Glorious^* and only Sovereign, the King of the ones who are reigning, and a Lord of the ones who have lordship over others; ^6:16 he who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no one from mankind saw, nor is able to see: to whom is honor and everlasting dominion. Amen.

             ^6:17 Command the rich in the current age, not to be high-minded, nor to have hope on the uncertainty of riches, but have hope in the living God, who is richly providing to us all things toward enjoyment; ^6:18 also command them to work what is good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in giving, generous, ^6:19 storing up for themselves a good foundation toward the future, in-order-that they may grab the everlasting life.

             ^6:20 O Timothy, guard the deposit consigned to you, turning yourself away from the profane empty-talks and oppositions of the falsely named knowledge; ^6:21 which some professing have deviated concerning the faith.

             Grace be with you. Amen.

             {NOTES: Please read the Preface and other non-bible sections. * is our universal footnoting for words contained in the ‘Definitions’ section. These words are NOT the same Greek word as the non-asterisk form; i.e., ^*FOR is different from FOR^* is different from FOR. ^° (degree sign) denotes plural forms.}