be blameless the husband of one wife vigilant sober ‖ Or modest of good behaviour given to hospitality apt to teach 3 ‖ Or Not ready to quarrel and offer wrong as one in wine Not given to wine no striker not greedy of filthy lucre but patient not a brawler not covetous 4 One that ruleth well his own house having his children in subjection with all gravity 5 For if a man know not how to rule his own house how shall he take care of the church of God 6 Not I a novice lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave not double-tongued not given to much wine not greedy of filthy lucre 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience 10 And let these also first be proved then let them use the office of a deacon being found blameless 11 Even to must their wives be grave not slanderers sober faithful in all things 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife ruling their children and their own houses well 13 For they that have ‖ Or ministreâ—â— used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus 14 These things write I unto thee hoping to come unto thee shortly 15 But if I tarry long that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God which is the church of the living God the pillar and ‖ Or stay ground of the truth 16 And without controversie great is the mystery of godliness God was manifest in the flesh justified in the Spirit seen of angels preached unto the Gentiles beleeved on in the world received up into glory CHAP. IV. 1 He foretelleth that in the latter times there shall be a departure from the faith 6 And to the end that Timothy might not fail in doing his duty be furnisheth him with divers precepts belonging thereto NOw the Spirit speaketh expresly that * 2 Tim. 3.1 in the latter times some shall depart from the saith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisie having their conscience seared with a hot iron 3 Forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which beleeve and know the truth 4 For every creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine whereunto thou hast attained 7 But refuse profane and old wives fables and exercise thy self rather unto godliness 8 For bodily exercise profiteth ‖ Or for a little time little but godliness is profitable unto all things having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come 9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation 10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men specially of those that beleeve 11 These things command and teach 12 Let no man despise thy youth but be thou an example of the beleevers in word in conversation in charity in spirit in faith in purity 13 Till I come give attendance to reading to exhortation to doctrine 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee which was given thee by prophesie with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery 15 Meditate upon these things give thy self wholly to them that thy profiting may appear ‖ Or in all things to all 16 Take heed unto thy self and unto thy doctrine continue in them for in doing this thou shalt both save thy self and them that hear thee CHAP. V. 1 Rules to be observed in reproving 3 Of widows 17 Of elders 23 A precept for Timothies health 24 Some mens sins go before unto judgement and some mens do follow after REbuke not an elder but intreat him as a father and the younger men as brethren 2 The elder women as mothers the younger as sisters with all purity 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed 4 But if any widow have children or nephews let them learn first to shew ‖ Or kindness piety at home and to requite their parents for that is good and acceptable before God 5 Now she that is a widow indeed and desolate trusteth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day 6 But she that liveth ‖ Or delicately in pleasure is dead while she liveth 7 And these things give in charge that they may be blameless 8 But if any provide not for his own and specially for those of his own ‖ Or kindred house he hath denied the faith and is worse then an infidel 9 Let not a widow be ‖ Or chosen taken into the number under threescore years old having been the wife of one man 10 Well reported of for good works if she have brought up children if she have lodged strangers if she have washed the saints feet if she have relieved the afflicted if she have diligently followed every good work 11 But the younger widows refuse for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ they will marry 12 Having damnation because they have cast off their first faith 13 And withal they learn to be idle wandring about from house to house and not onely idle but tattlers also and busie-bodies speaking things which they ought not 14 I will therefore that the younger women marry bear children guide the house give none occasion to the adversary †Gr. for their railing to speak reproachfully 15 For some are already turned aside after Satan 16 If any man or woman that beleeveth have widows let them relieve them and let not the church be charged that it may relieve them that are widows indeed 17 * 1 Cor. 9 14. Gal. 6.6 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour especially they who labour in the word and doctrine 18 For the scripture saith * Deut 25.4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn and * Marth 10.10 The labourer is worthy of his reward 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation but ‖ Or under before two or three witnesses 20 Them that sin rebuke before all that others also may fear 21 I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that thou observe these things ‖ Or without prejudice without preferring one before another doing nothing by partiality 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man neither be partaker
Christ 6 Now we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye withdraw your selves from every brother that walketh disorderly and not after the tradition which he received of us 7 For your selves know how ye ought to follow us for we behaved not our selves disorderly among you 8 Neither did we eat any mans bread for nought but wrought with labour and travel night and day that we might not be chargeable to any of you 9 Not because we have not power but to make our selves an ensample unto you to follow us 10 For even when we were with you this we commanded you that if any would not work neither should he eat 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly working not at all but are busie-bodies 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with quietness they work and eat their own bread 13 But ye brethren * Gal. 6.9 ‖ Or faint not be not weary in well-doing 14 And if any man obey not our word ‖ Or signifie tha◠man by an epistle by this epistle note that man and have no company with him that he may be ashamed 15 Yet count him not as an enemy but admonish him as a brother 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means The Lord be with you all 17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand which is the token in every epistle so I write 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all Amen ¶ The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens ¶ The first epistle of PAUL the Apostle to TIMOTHY CHAP. I. 1 Timothy is put in minde of the charge which was given unto him by Paul at his going to Macedonia 5 Of the right use and end of the law 11 Of S. Pauls calling to be an apostle 20 and of Hymeneus and Alexander PAul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ which is our hope 2 Unto Timothy my own son in the faith Grace mercy and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine 4 * Chap. 4.7 and 6.4 2 Tim. 2.23 Tit. 1.14 and 3.9 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies which minister questions rather then godly edifying which is in faith so do 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith unfeigned 6 From which some ‖ Or not ayming it having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm 8 But we know that the law is good if a man use it lawfully 9 Knowing this that the law is not made for a righteous man but for the lawless and disobedient for the ungodly and for sinners for unholy and profane for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers for manslayers 10 For whoremongers for them that defile themselves with mankind for men-stealers for liars for perjured persons and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who hath enabled me for that he counted me faithful putting me into the ministery 13 Who was before a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious But I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that * Matth. 9.13 Mark 2.17 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering for a pattern to them which should hereafter beleeve on him to life everlasting 17 Now unto the King eternal immortal invisible the onely wise God be honour and glory for ever and ever Amen 18 This charge I commit unto thee son Timothy according to the prophesies which went before on thee that thou by them mightest war a good warfare 19 Holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwrack 20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I have * 1 Cor. 5.5 delivered unto Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme CHAP. II. 1 That it is meet to pray and give thanks for all men and the reason why 9 How women should be attired 12 They are not permitted to teach 15 They shall be saved notwithstanding the testimonies of Gods wrath in child-birth if they continue in faith I ‖ Or desire Exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men 2 For kings and for all that are in ‖ Or eminent place authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour 4 Who will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth 5 For there is one God and one mediatour between God and men the man Christ Jesus 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all ‖ Or a testimony to be testified in due time 7 * 2 Tim. 1.11 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher and an apostle I speak the truth in Christ and lie not a teacher of the Gentiles in faith verity 8 I will therefore that men pray every where lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting 9 In like manner also that * 1 Pet. 3.3 women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety not with ‖ Or plaited broidered hair or gold or pearls or costly aray 10 But which becometh women professing godliness with good works 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection 12 But * 1 Cor 14 34. I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence 13 For Adam was first formed then Eve 14 And Adam was not deceived but the woman being deceived was in the transgression 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety CHAP. III. 1 How bishops and deacons and their wives should be qualified 14 and to what end S. Paul wrote to Timothy of these things 15 Of the church and the blessed truth therein taught and professed THis is a true saying If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work 2 * Tit. 1 6◠c. A bishop then must
not God hath made him a liar because he beleeved not the record that God gave of his Son 11 And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life and this life is in his Son 12 He that hath the Son hath life and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life 13 These things have I written unto you that beleeve on the name of the Son of God that ye may know that ye have eternal life and that ye may beleeve on the name of the Son of God 14 And this is the confidence that we have ‖ Or concerning him in him that * Ch. 3.22 if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us 15 And if we know that he hear us whatsoever we ask we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death he shall ask and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death * Mat. 12.31 Mar. 3.23 There is a sin unto death I do not say that he shall pray for it 17 All unrighteousness is sin and there is a sin not unto death 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and that wicked one toucheth him not 19 And we know that we are of God and the whole world lieth in wickedness 20 And we know that the Son of God is come and hath given us an understanding that we may know him that is true and we are in him that is true even in his Son Jesus Christ This is the true God and eternal life 21 Little children keep your selves from idols Amen ¶ The second epistle of S. JOHN He exhorteth a certain honourable matron with her children to persevere in Christian love and belief 8 lest they lose the reward of their former profession 10 and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus THe elder unto the elect lady and her children whom I love in the truth and not I onely but also all they that have known the truth 2 For the truths sake which dwelleth in us and shall be with us for ever 3 Grace be with you mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of the Father in truth and love 4 I rejoyced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth as we have received a commandment from the Father 5 And now I beseech thee lady * 1 Joh. 1.7 not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee but that which we had from the beginning that we love one another 6 And this is love that we walk after his commandments This is the commandment that as ye have heard from the beginning ye should walk in it 7 For many deceivers are entred into the world who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh This is a deceiver and an antichrist 8 Look to your selves that we lose not those things which we have ‖ Or gained Some copies read which ye have gained but that ye receive c. wrought but that we receive a full reward 9 Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ he hath both the Father and the Son 10 If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid him God speed 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds 12 Having many things to write unto you I would not write with paper and ink but I trust to come unto you and speak †Gr. mouth to mouth face to face that our joy may be full 13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee Amen ¶ The third epistle of S. JOHN He commendeth Gaius for his piety 5 and hospitality 7 to true preachers 9 complaining of the unkinde dealing of ambitious Diotrephes on the contrary side 11 whose evil example is not to be fâ—llowed 12 and giveth special testimony to the good report of Demetrius THe elder unto the welbeloved Gaius whom I love ‖ Or truly in the truth 2 Beloved I ‖ Or pray wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth 3 For I rejoyced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee even as thou walkest in the truth 4 I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth 5 Beloved thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren and to strangers 6 Which have born witness of thy charity before the church whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort thou shalt do well 7 Because that for his names sake they went forth taking nothing of the Gentiles 8 We therefore ought to receive such that we might be fellow-helpers to the truth 9 I wrote unto the church but Diotrephes who loveth to have the preeminence among them receiveth us not 10 Wherefore if I come I will remember his deeds which he doeth prating against us with malicious words and not content therewith neither doth he himself receive the brethren and forbiddeth them that would and casteth them out of the church 11 Beloved follow not that which is evil but that which is good He that doeth good is of God but he that doeth evil hath not seen God 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men and of the truth it self yea and we also bear record and ye know that our record is true 13 I had many things to write but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee 14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee and we shall speak †Gr. mouth to mouth face to face Peace be to thee Our friends salute thee Greet the friends by name ¶ The general epistle of S. JUDE He exhorteth them to be constant in the profession of the faith 14 False teachers are crept in to seduce them for whose damnable doctrine and manners horrible punishment is prepared 20 whereas the godly by the assistance of the holy Spirit and prayers to God may persevere and grow in grace and keep themselves and recover others out of the snares of those deceivers JUde the servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James to them that are sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ and called 2 Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied 3 Beloved when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares who were before of old ordained to this condemnation ungodly men turning the grace of our God