001:017 Now to the immortal and invisible King of the Ages, who alone is God, be honour and glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen. 001:018 This is the charge which I entrust to you, my son Timothy, in accordance with the inspired instructions concerning you which were given me long ago, that being equipped with them as your armour you may be continually fighting the good fight, 001:019 holding fast to faith and a clear conscience, which some have cast aside and have made shipwreck of their faith. 001:020 Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan so that they may be taught not to blaspheme. 002:001 I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men; 002:002 including kings and all who are in high station, in order that we may live peaceful and tranquil lives with all godliness and gravity. 002:003 This is right, and is pleasing in the sight of God our Saviour, 002:004 who is willing for all mankind to be saved and come to a full knowledge of the truth. 002:005 For there is but one God and but one Mediator between God and men-- Christ Jesus, Himself man; 002:006 who gave Himself as the redemption price for all--a fact testified to at its own appointed time, 002:007 and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 002:008 So then I would have the men everywhere pray, lifting to God holy hands which are unstained with anger or strife; 002:009 and I would have the women dress becomingly, with modesty and self-control, not with plaited hair or gold or pearls or costly clothes, 002:010 but--as befits women making a claim to godliness-- with the ornament of good works. 002:011 A woman should quietly learn from others with entire submissiveness. 002:012 I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent. 002:013 For Adam was formed first, and then Eve; 002:014 and Adam was not deceived, but his wife was thoroughly deceived, and so became involved in transgression. 002:015 Yet a woman will be brought safely through childbirth if she and her husband continue to live in faith and love and growing holiness, with habitual self-restraint. 003:001 Faithful is the saying, "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work." 003:002 A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching; 003:003 not a hard drinker nor given to blows; not selfish or quarrelsome or covetous;