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creature of God
is
good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
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For it is
sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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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.
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But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself
rather
unto godliness.
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For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things,
having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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This
is
a faithful saying and
worthy of all acceptation.
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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 believe.
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These things command and teach.
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Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example
of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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Till I come, give
attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was
given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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Meditate upon these
things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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Take heed unto thyself,
and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them
that hear thee.
CHAPTER TIMOTHY 5
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat
him
as a father;
and
the younger men as brethren;
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The elder
women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
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Honour widows that are widows indeed.
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But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to
requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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Now she that is a widow indeed,
and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
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But she
that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
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And these things give in charge, that they may be
blameless.
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But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath
denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
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Let not a widow be taken into the number under
threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
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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.
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But the younger
widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
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Having
damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
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And withal they learn
to be
idle, wandering
about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things
which they ought not.
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I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the
house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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For some are already turned
aside after Satan.
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If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and
let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
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Let the elders that
rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
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