1 Timotheus 6

1Whosoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honour; lest the name of the Lord and his doctrine be blasphemed.

2But they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but serve them the rather, because they are faithful and beloved, who are partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that doctrine which is according to godliness,

4He is proud, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and strifes of words; from which arise envies, contentions, blasphemies, evil suspicions,

5Conflicts of men corrupted in mind, and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness.

6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7For we brought nothing into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out.

8But having food, and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.

9For they that will become rich, fall into temptation, and into the snare of the devil, and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition.

10For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

11But thou, O man of God, fly these things: and pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness.

12Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses.

13I charge thee before God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate, a good confession,

14That thou keep the commandment without spot, blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15Which in his times he shall shew who is the Blessed and only Mighty, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

16Who only hath immortality, and inhabiteth light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.

17Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy,)

18To do good, to be rich in good works, to give easily, to communicate to others,

19To lay up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.

20O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words, and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called.

21Which some promising, have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

1Quicumque sunt sub jugo servi, dominos suos omni honore dignos arbitrentur, ne nomen Domini et doctrina blasphemetur.

2Qui autem fideles habent dominos, non contemnant, quia fratres sunt: sed magis serviant, quia fideles sunt et dilecti, qui beneficii participes sunt. Hæc doce, et exhortare.

3Si quis aliter docet, et non acquiescit sanis sermonibus Domini nostri Jesu Christi, et ei, quæ secundum pietatem est, doctrinæ:

4superbus est, nihil sciens, sed languens circa quæstiones, et pugnas verborum: ex quibus oriuntur invidiæ, contentiones, blasphemiæ, suspiciones malæ,

5conflictationes hominum mente corruptorum, et qui veritate privati sunt, existimantium quæstum esse pietatem.

6Est autem quæstus magnus pietas cum sufficientia.

7Nihil enim intulimus in hunc mundum: haud dubium quod nec auferre quid possumus.

8Habentes autem alimenta, et quibus tegamur, his contenti simus.

9Nam qui volunt divites fieri, incidunt in tentationem, et in laqueum diaboli, et desideria multa inutilia, et nociva, quæ mergunt homines in interitum et perditionem.

10Radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas: quam quidam appetentes erraverunt a fide, et inseruerunt se doloribus multis.

11Tu autem, o homo Dei, hæc fuge: sectare vero justitiam, pietatem, fidem, caritatem, patientiam, mansuetudinem.

12Certa bonum certamen fidei, apprehende vitam æternam, in qua vocatus es, et confessus bonam confessionem coram multis testibus.

13Præcipio tibi coram Deo, qui vivificat omnia, et Christo Jesu, qui testimonium reddidit sub Pontio Pilato, bonam confessionem,

14ut serves mandatum sine macula, irreprehensibile usque in adventum Domini nostri Jesu Christi,

15quem suis temporibus ostendet beatus et solus potens, Rex regum, et Dominus dominantium:

16qui solus habet immortalitatem, et lucem inhabitat inaccessibilem: quem nullus hominum vidit, sed nec videre potest: cui honor, et imperium sempiternum. Amen.

17Divitibus hujus sæculi præcipe non sublime sapere, neque sperare in incerto divitiarum, sed in Deo vivo (qui præstat nobis omnia abunde ad fruendum)

18bene agere, divites fieri in bonis operibus, facile tribuere, communicare,

19thesaurizare sibi fundamentum bonum in futurum, ut apprehendant veram vitam.

20O Timothee, depositum custodi, devitans profanas vocum novitates, et oppositiones falsi nominis scientiæ,

21quam quidam promittentes, circa fidem exciderunt. Gratia tecum. Amen.

1Whoever are servants under the yoke, let them consider their masters to be worthy of every honor, lest the name and doctrine of the Lord be blasphemed.

2But those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brothers, but rather serve them all the more because they are believing and beloved, participants of the same service. Teach and exhort these things.

3If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that doctrine which is in accord with piety,

4then he is arrogant, knowing nothing, yet languishing amid the questions and quarrels of words. From these arise envy, contention, blasphemy, evil suspicions:

5the conflicts of men who have been corrupted in mind and deprived of truth, who consider profit to be piety.

6But piety with sufficiency is great gain.

7For we brought nothing into this world, and there is no doubt that we can take nothing away.

8But, having nourishment and some kind of covering, we should be content with these.

9For those who want to become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many useless and harmful desires, which submerge men in destruction and in perdition.

10For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

11But you, O man of God, flee from these things, and truly pursue justice, piety, faith, charity, patience, meekness.

12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you have been called, and make a good profession of faith in the sight of many witnesses.

13I charge you, in the sight of God, who enlivens all things, and in the sight of Christ Jesus, who gave the testimony of a good profession under Pontius Pilate,

14to observe the commandment, immaculately, irreproachably, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15For at the proper time, he shall reveal the blessed and only Power, the King of kings and the Lord of lords,

16who alone holds immortality, and who inhabits the inaccessible light, whom no man has seen, nor even is able to see, to whom is honor and everlasting dominion. Amen.

17Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy,

18and to do good, to become rich in good works, to donate readily, to share,

19to gather for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may obtain true life.

20O Timothy, guard what has been deposited with you, avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas, which are falsely called knowledge.

21Certain persons, promising these things, have perished from the faith. May grace be with you. Amen.