och. 4. 18 (& mg.). p1 Cor. 16. Phil. 2. 29. 18. 1 Tim. 5. 17, al. g 1 Cor. 16. 16. Heb. 13. 17. 9. 50. 8 2 Thess. 3. 6, 7, 11. t Isai. 35. 4. Cp. Heb. 12. 12. sleep, we should live together with him. II Wherefore 10 exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do. 12 But we beseech you, brethren, P to know them that labour among See Mark you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. "Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, 'encourage the faint hearted, "support the weak, "be longsuffering toward all. 15 See Acts 20.35. See Rom. 15. 1. 13. 4. See 1 Cor. 1Pet. 3.9. See Rom. Cp. Rom. 12. 17. 12. 9. y Phil. 4. 4. z See Luke a See Eph. 18. 1. 5. 20. a For ver. 1, 2, see 1Thess.1.1. b ch. 2. 13. 20 & 1 Thess. 1.2, 3. 8 that none render unto any one evil for evil; but alway follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all. 16" Rejoice alway; 17 pray without ceasing; 18" in everything give thanks: for THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. I" PAUL, and Silvanus, and Sp5. I Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; 2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. c Cp. 2 Cor. 7. 14. See 1 Thess. 2. 19. d Cp. 1Thess.1.8. See 1 Cor. 7. 17. e Cp. Mark 10. 30. See 14. 36 We are bound to give thanks to God alway for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the Thess. 2. love of each one of you all toward f Cp. Phil. one another aboundeth; 4 so that 1. 28. we ourselves glory in you in the g Cp. Acts 14. 22. churches of God for your patience See Luke 20.35. and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure; 5 which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 6 if so be that God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: 9 who shall suffer punishment, Peven eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10' when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you "was believed) in "that day. 11 To which end we also "pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power: 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Or, comfort 2 Many ancient authorities insert but. 3 Or, appearance ancient authorities add also. 6 Many ancient authorities insert holy. ness. 8 Gr. in behalf of 1 Thess. 2. 1, 13 & 1 Tim. 3. 3. 13. 16. ≈ Cp. ver. 5. z 1 Thess. a Cp. Isai. & Acts 13. 48. 1 Thess. 2 & See 7 (mg.). Thess 415-1 Mark 12.7. d Matt. 24. e Cp. 1 Joha 4.1. ver. 15. Cp. 1 Thess. g See 1 Cor. j Cp. ver. 8 & 8.25 & 11.36 & Rev. 13. 23. 15. & Ezek. 28. 2, &c. n Rev. 17. 5, 7. o 1 John 2. 18 & 4. 3. 7 Cp. Dan. 7. 10, 11. r Isai. 11. 4. Cp. Job 4.9 & Rev. 2. 16, al. 6. 14 & 2 Tim. 1. 10 & 4. 1, 8 & Tit. 2.13. t Cp. Rev. 13. 14. 24. 24. See Matt. u See 1 Cor. 4 1 Tim. 4.1. in any wise for it will not be, ex& Dan. 7.25 cept the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, *the son of perdition, 4 he that opJohn 17.12. poseth and exalteth himself against Cp. Matt. all that is called God or 27that is Acts 17. 23 worshipped; so that he sitteth in (for mg.). » Cp. Isai. the temple of God, "setting him14. 14 self forth as God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know that which restraine th, to the end that he may be revealed in See ver. 3. his own season. 7 For " the mystery of lawlessness 'doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the 8 Cp. 1 Tim. way. 8 And then shall be revealed P the lawless one, whom the Lord 5 Jesus 7 shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; 9even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for "them that are perishing; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. II And for this cause "God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged x who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God alway for you, "brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you 9b from the beginning unto salvation din sanctification of the Spirit and 10 belief of the truth: 14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtain ing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours. 1. 18. v Cp. 1 Kin. 22.22 & Ezek. 14.9 & Rev. 17. w Cp. & 1 Tim. Rom. 2. 8. y See Rom. 1. 32. z ch. 1. 3. a 1 Thess. 1.4. Cp. Deut. 33. 12. b Eph. 1.4. c 1 Thess. 5. 9. Cp. 2 Tim. 1. 9. d See See 1 Cor. 16. 13. g ch. 3. 6. 1 Cor. 11.2. John 3. 16. h ver. 2. 1 John 4. j 1 Pet. 1. 3. k ch. 3. 3. 13. Thess. 3. 1 Pet. 5. 10, al. 7 See 1 Thess. 5. 25. m Ps. 147. 1.5. Cp. 1 Thess. 1. 8. 6 Now we command you, brethren, "in the name of our Lord ul Cor. 5.4. Jesus Christ, "that ye withdraw v ver. 14. yourselves from every w brother 18. 17 Cp. Matt. that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which 13 they received of us. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labour and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: 9'not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves can ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, dIf any will not work, neither let him eat. 11 For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 17" The salutation of me 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. 2 Gr. an object of worship. 3 Or, sanctuary 1 Many ancient authorities read lawlessness, only until he that now restraineth be taken &c. ancient authorities read consume. 7 Gr. presence. 8 Gr. power and signs and wonders of falsehood. 9 Many ancient authorities read as firstfruits. ancient authorities read ye. 10 Or, faith 11 Or, the faith 12 Or, evil 4 Or, 6 Some 13 Some Cp. 1 Cor. 15. 58. See ver. 6. See Lev. 19. 17 jl Thess. 5. 22, 14. * See Rom. 15. 33 & Eph. 6. 7 Num. 6. 26. mRuth 2. 4. n See 1 Cor. 16. 21. e Tit. 1. 4. 2 Tim. 1.2. 2 John 3. Cp. Jude 2. g Cp. Tit. 1.3. h ch. 6. 3. Cp. Gal. 1. 6,7. ich. 4. 7. 2 Tim. 4. 4. 2 Pet. 1. 16. Tit. 1. 14. j Tit. 3. 9. k ch. 6. 4. 3.2 7 See Eph. & 1 Cor. 9. 17 (for m 2 Tim. 2. 22. (mg.). n 1 Pet. 3. 16, 21. o Rom. 12.9. p ch. 6. 21. 2 Tim. 2. 18 (mg. for mg.). Cp. & Col. 2. 18. 8 Rom. 7. 16. Gal. 5. 23. u 2 Tim. 4. 3. TIMOTHY. I PAUL, "an apostle of Christ I Jesus according to the com mandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus dour hope; 2 unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 1 3o As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into thou mightest Macedonia, that charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine, 4 neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, the which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now. 5 But the end of the charge 1 Pet. 1. 22 is love mout of a pure heart and "a good conscience and faith unfeigned: 6 from which things some 2 Tim. 1.3. having 2P swerved have turned aside unto a vain talking; 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they Tit. 1. 10. understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm. 8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully, 9as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and 3 murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for w ch. 6. 15. men-stealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to " the sound doctrine; 11 according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 12 I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, * appointing me to his service; 13 though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: how beit I e Cp. Luke obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief; 14 and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15/Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all accep Tit. 1.9 & 2.1 (& for mg.). Cp. ch.6.3 & 2 Tim. 1. 13 & Tit. 1. 13 & 2. 2. v Cp. 2 Cor. 4. 4. a Tit. 1. 3. See Rom. 2.16 & Gal. 2. 7. Acts 9.22. 2 Tim. 4. 17 z Sec 2 Cor. Phil. 4. 15. (Gk.). 3.6. a Sec Acts 8.3. b 1 Cor. 7. 23. 2 Cor. 4. 1. c See Acts 3. 17. d Rom. 5. 20. 7. 47, 50. 1 Thess. f ch. 3. 1 2 Tim. 2. 11. Tit. 3. 8. Cp. Rev. 22.6. x 18 This charge "I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that by them thou mayest Pwar the good warfare; 19 holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith: 20 of whom is Hymenæus and 'Alexander; whom I "delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to "blaspheme. II exhort therefore, first of all, 10 that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; 2" for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity. 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 who willeth a that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 Ford there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times; 7" whereunto I was appointed a 11 preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith Eph. 37,8 and truth. 8 I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and 12 disputing. 9 In like manner, "that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; 10 but (which becometh women 1 Or, stewardship 3 Or, smiters 4 Gr. healthful. 5 Or, teaching 6 Some ancient authorities read enableth. 7 Gr. of the ages. 8 Gr. unto the ages of the ages. 9 Or, led the way to thee 10 Gr. to make supplications, &c. 11 Gr. herald. 12 Or, doubting 2 Gr. missed the mark. ch.5.4. achin Ezek. 18. 4. 10. 23, 32. 82 Tim. 3. 7. 2 Tim. 2. 25. 14. 34. Gen. 1. 27 & 2.8. 8 Gen. 2. 18, 22. professing godliness) through good works. 11 Let a woman learn in p Tit. 2.5. quietness with all subjection. Cp. 1 Cor. 12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. 13" For Adam was first formed, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not beguiled, but Gen. 3.6, the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression: 15 but she shall be saved through 1" the childch. 1. 14. bearing, if they continue in "faith and love and sanctification with sobriety. 13. " Cp. Gal. 4. 4. w See y Tit. 1.6-9. : Cp. ch. 5. 9. a ver. 11. Tit. 2. 2. b1 Pet. 4. 9. 2 Tim. 2. 24. d Tit. 8. 2. e Heb. 13. 5. Cp. ch. Ô. 10. Cp. ver. 12. g ch. 6. 4. 2 Tim. 3. 4. Work. w с a 12 Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a 3 8 bishop, he desireth a good 2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, soberminded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 34no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; 4 one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the 5 condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have good tesh See Mark timony from them that are with out; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Deacons in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 holding the mystery of the faith 1Pet. 5.2 in "a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be o Cp. ch. 5. blameless. 11P Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, qCp. Tit. 2. temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, "ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 4. 11. i 2 Tim. 2. k Cp. ch.5. 23 living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; 8"He who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit," seen of angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, received up in glory. 1 But the Spirit saith ex4 pressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, 2 through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, 10 branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received Cp. Eph. with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be h received with thanksgiving: 5 for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer. 6'If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast m followed until now: 7 but refuse profane and old wives' " fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness: 8 for bodily exercise is profitable 11 for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things," having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. 9 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation. 10 For to this end we labour and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe. II" These things command and teach. 12" Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto b 1 Or, her childbearing 2 Some connect the words Faithful is the saying with the preceding paragraph. 3 Or, overseer 4 Or, not quarrelsome over wine 5 Gr. judgement. 6 Or, how thou oughtest to behave thyself 7 Or, stay 8 The word God, in place of He who, rests on no sufficient ancient evidence. Some ancient authorities read which. 9 Gr. demons. 10 Or, seared 11 Or, for little c Cp. Acts 20. 28. all. 16 Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that e See Rom. hear thee. d Ezek. 33.9. 11. 14. Cp. Lev. 19. 32. 9 Tit. 2. 6. i Matt. 15. ver. 5, 16. Cp. Luke 2.37 & 18. 1-5. n Rev. 3. 1. p See Gal. 6. 10. 3.5 Rev. 2. 13. Cp. 2 Tim. & Tit. 1. 16 & Rev. 3.8. & 2 Pet. 2. 1 r Cp. ch. 3. 2. be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and in teaching. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth Rebuke not an elder, but out the corn. And, The labourer e Deut. 21. 17. 1 Cor. 9.9 Cited from Matt. 10. 10. 5 exhort him as a father; the is worthy of his hire. 19 Against Cited from younger men as brethren: 2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity. h ver. 5, 16. 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to shew piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents for this is accept able in the sight of God. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she that giveth herself to pleasure is "dead while she liveth. 7°These things also command, that they may be without reproach. 8 But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. 9 Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been "the wife of one man, 10 well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hathused hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, uCp. ch. 6. if she hath "diligently followed 11 But younger every good work. widows refuse: for when they "have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry; 12 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first faith. 13 And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; w 3 John 10 and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 14 I desire Cp. 1 Cor. therefore that the younger1widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give none occasion to the adversary for reviling: 15 for already some are turned aside after Satan. 16 If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be 1 Thess. 5. burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. 8 See Gen. 18. 4. t ver. 16. 1 Or, women an elder receive not an accusation, I'Let as many as are ser 5. 16. their own masters worthy of all honour, 'that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are "brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. "These things teach and exhort. 3 If any man "teacheth a differ-Cp.ch.1. ent doctrine, and consenteth not to 6 sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain. 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain: 7 for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out; 8 but having food and covering we shall be therewith content. 9 But 4 Gr. bondservants. 2 Or, preference 3 Gr. the works that are good are evident. Tim. 2. Cp. Acts d2 Tim.38 Cp. Eph. 18. 13. 4.22 |