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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To Timothy my true son in the faith:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.1.2"><span class="content">Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Timothy Charged to Oppose False Teachers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God&#8217;s work&#8212;which is by faith. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers&#8212;and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Lord&#8217;s Grace to Paul</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners&#8212;of whom I am the worst. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TI.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Charge to Timothy Renewed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1TI.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1TI.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1TI.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1TI.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Instructions on Worship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is good, and pleases God our Savior, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle&#8212;I am telling the truth, I am not lying&#8212;and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A woman</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wife</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> should learn in quietness and full submission. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">over her husband</span></span></span><span class="content"> she must be quiet. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For Adam was formed first, then Eve. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But women</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">she</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be saved through childbearing&#8212;if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him with proper</span></span></span><span class="content"> respect. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God&#8217;s church?) </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TI.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil&#8217;s trap.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TI.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TI.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In the same way, deacons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">The word </span><span class="fq">deacons </span><span class="ft">refers here to Christians designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in verse 12; and in Romans 16:1 and Phil. 1:1.</span></span></span><span class="content"> are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TI.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TI.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In the same way, the women</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Possibly deacons&#8217; wives or women who are deacons</span></span></span><span class="content"> are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1TI.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1TI.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Reasons for Paul&#8217;s Instructions</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1TI.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1TI.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1TI.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God&#8217;s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.3.16"><span class="content">He appeared in the flesh,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.3.16"><span class="content">was vindicated by the Spirit,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">vindicated in spirit</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.3.16"><span class="content">was seen by angels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.3.16"><span class="content">was preached among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.3.16"><span class="content">was believed on in the world,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1TI.3.16"><span class="content">was taken up in glory.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">60</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 60</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 60:1-12 is numbered 60:3-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;The Lily of the Covenant.&#8221; A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: That is, Arameans of Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Aram Zobah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: That is, Arameans of central Syria</span></span></span><span class="content"> and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.60.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.60.1"><span class="content">you have been angry&#8212;now restore us!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.60.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.60.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You have shaken the land and torn it open;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.60.2"><span class="content">mend its fractures, for it is quaking.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.60.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.60.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You have shown your people desperate times;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.60.3"><span class="content">you have given us wine that makes us stagger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.60.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"><span class="content">to be unfurled against the bow.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">60:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.60.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.60.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Save us and help us with your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.60.5"><span class="content">that those you love may be delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.60.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">God has spoken from his sanctuary:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="content">&#8220;In triumph I will parcel out Shechem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="content">and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.60.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="content">Ephraim is my helmet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="content">Judah is my scepter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.60.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Moab is my washbasin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="content">on Edom I toss my sandal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="content">over Philistia I shout in triumph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.60.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.60.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Who will bring me to the fortified city?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.60.9"><span class="content">Who will lead me to Edom?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.60.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.60.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.60.10"><span class="content">and no longer go out with our armies?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.60.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.60.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Give us aid against the enemy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.60.11"><span class="content">for human help is worthless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.60.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.60.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">With God we will gain the victory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.60.12"><span class="content">and he will trample down our enemies.</span></span></div>
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