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| 6:1 | Let as many seruants as are vnder the yoke, count their owne masters worthy of all honour, that the Name of God, and his doctrine be not blasphemed. |
| 6:2 | And they that haue beleeuing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren: but rather doe them seruice, because they are faithfull and beloued, partakers of the benefite: These things teach and exhort. |
| 6:3 | If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, euen the wordes of our Lord Iesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godlinesse: |
| 6:4 | Hee is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions, and strifes of wordes, whereof commeth enuie, strife, railings, euill surmisings, |
| 6:5 | Peruerse disputings of men of corrupt mindes, and destitute of the trueth, supposing that gaine is godlinesse: From such withdraw thy selfe. |
| 6:6 | But godlinesse with contentment is great gaine. |
| 6:7 | For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certaine we can cary nothing out. |
| 6:8 | And hauing food and raiment let vs be therewith content. |
| 6:9 | But they that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish & hurtfull lusts, which drowne men in destruction and perdition. |
| 6:10 | For the loue of money is the root of all euill, which while some coueted after, they haue erred from the faith, and pierced themselues through with many sorrowes. |
| 6:11 | But thou, O man of God, flie these things; and follow after righteousnesse, godlinesse, faith, loue, patience, meekenesse. |
| 6:12 | Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternall life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. |
| 6:13 | I giue thee charge in the sight of God, who quickneth all things, and before Christ Iesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good Confession, |
| 6:14 | That thou keepe this commandement without spot, vnrebukeable, vntill the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ. |
| 6:15 | Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed, and onely Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords: |
| 6:16 | Who onely hath immortalitie, dwelling in the light, which no man can approch vnto, whom no man hath seene, nor can see: to whom be honour and power euerlasting. Amen. |
| 6:17 | Charge them that are rich in this world, that they bee not high minded, nor trust in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, who giueth vs richly all things to enioy, |
| 6:18 | That they doe good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, |
| 6:19 | Laying vp in store for themselues a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay holde on eternall life. |
| 6:20 | O Timothie, keepe that which is committed to thy trust, auoyding prophane and vaine bablings, and oppositions of science, fasly so called: |
| 6:21 | Which some professing, haue erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.The first to Timothie was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest citie of Phrygia Pacaciana. |
| 6:1 | Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yocke, counte their masters worthy of all honoure, that the name of God and his doctrine be not euell spoken of. |
| 6:2 | Se that they which haue beleuynge masters, despyse them not because they are brethre, but rather do seruyce, for so moch as they are beleuynge, and beloued, and partakers of the benefite. |
| 6:3 | These thinges teach and exhorte. Yf eny ma teach otherwyse, and agreeth not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, and to the doctryne of godlynes, |
| 6:4 | he is puft vp, and knoweth nothinge, but waysteth his brayne aboute questions and stryuynges of wordes: wherof sprynge envye, stryfe, raylinges, euell surmysinges, |
| 6:5 | vayne disputacios of soch men as haue corrupte myndes, and are robbed of the trueth, which thynke that godlynes is lucre: From soch separate thy selfe. |
| 6:6 | Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath. |
| 6:7 | For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, therfore is it a playne case yt we can cary nothinge out. |
| 6:8 | Whan we haue fode and rayment, let vs therwith be content. |
| 6:9 | For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion. |
| 6:10 | For Couetousnes is the rote of all euell, which whyle some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled them selues with many sorowes. |
| 6:11 | But thou man of God, flye soche thinges: folowe righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes: |
| 6:12 | fighte a good fighte of faith: laye honde on eternall life, where vnto thou art called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. |
| 6:13 | I geue the charge before God, which quyckeneth all thinges, & before Iesu Christ, which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good witnessynge, |
| 6:14 | that thou kepe the commaundement, without spot, vnreproueable, vntyll the appearynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, |
| 6:15 | which appearynge (at his tyme) he shal shewe that is blessed, and mightie onely, the kynge of all kynges, and LORDE of all lordes: |
| 6:16 | which onely hath immortalite, and dwelleth in a lighte, that no man can attayne: whom no man hath sene, nether can se. Vnto whom be honoure and empyre euerlastinge, Amen. |
| 6:17 | Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:) |
| 6:18 | That they do good: that they be rich in good workes: that they geue and distribute with a good wyll: |
| 6:19 | gatherynge vp treasure for them selues, a good foundacion, agaynst ye tyme to come, that they maye laye honde on eternall life. |
| 6:20 | O Timothy, kepe that which is committed vnto the, and avoyde vngoostly vayne wordes, and opposicions of science falsly so called, |
| 6:21 | which whyle some professed, they haue erred as concernynge the faith. Grace be with the, Amen. |
| 6:1 | What euere seruauntis ben vndur yok, deme thei her lordis worthi al onour, lest the name of the Lord and the doctryn be blasfemyd. |
| 6:2 | And thei that han feithful lordis, dispise hem not, for thei ben britheren; but more serue thei, for thei ben feithful and louyd, whiche ben parceneris of benefice. Teche thou these thingis, and moneste thou these thingis. |
| 6:3 | If ony man techith othere wise, and acordith not to the hoolsum wordis of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and to that teching that is bi pitee, |
| 6:4 | he is proud, and kan no thing, but langwischith aboute questiouns and stryuyng of wordis, of the whiche ben brouyt forth enuyes, stryues, blasfemyes, yuele suspiciouns, fiytingis of men, |
| 6:5 | that ben corrupt in soule, and that ben pryued fro treuthe, that demen wynnyng to be pitee. |
| 6:6 | But a greet wynnyng is pitee, with sufficience. |
| 6:7 | For we brouyten in no thing in to this world, and no doute, that we moun not bere `awey ony thing. |
| 6:8 | But we hauynge foodis, and with what thingus we schulen be hilid, be we paied with these thingis. |
| 6:9 | For thei that wolen be maad riche, fallen in to temptacioun, and `in to snare of the deuel, and in to many vnprofitable desiris and noyous, whiche drenchen men in to deth and perdicioun. |
| 6:10 | For the rote of alle yuelis is coueytise, which summen coueitinge erriden fro the feith, and bisettiden hem with many sorewis. |
| 6:11 | But, thou, man of God, fle these thingis; but sue thou riytwisnesse, pite, feith, charite, pacience, myldenesse. |
| 6:12 | Stryue thou a good strijf of feith, catche euerlastinge lijf, in to which thou art clepid, and hast knoulechid a good knouleching bifor many witnessis. |
| 6:13 | I comaunde to thee bifor God, that quikeneth alle thingis, and bifor Crist Jhesu, that yeldide a witnessing vnder Pilat of Pounce, a good confessioun, |
| 6:14 | that thou kepe the comaundement with out wem, with out repreef, in to the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; |
| 6:15 | whom the blessid and aloone miyti king of kyngis and Lord of lordis schal schewe in his tymes. |
| 6:16 | Which aloone hath vndeedlynesse, and dwellith in liyt, to which no man may come; whom no man say, nether may se; to whom glorie, and honour, and empire be with out ende. |
| 6:17 | Amen. Comaunde thou to the riche men of this world, that thei vndurstonde not hiyli, nether that thei hope in vncerteynte of richessis, but in the lyuynge God, that yyueth to vs alle thingis plenteuously to vse; |
| 6:18 | to do wel, to be maad riche in good werkis, liytli to yyue, |
| 6:19 | to comyne, to tresoure to hem silf a good foundement in to tyme to comynge, that thei catche euerlastinge lijf. |
| 6:20 | Thou Tymothe, kepe the thing bitakun to thee, eschewynge cursid noueltees of voicis, and opynyouns of fals name of kunnyng; |
| 6:21 | which summen bihetinge, aboute the feith fellen doun. The grace of God be with thee. Amen. |
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