1 All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God's name and our teaching may not be slandered.2 Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare "of their slaves. These are the things you are to teach and insist on.3 If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,4 they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions5 and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.13 In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you14 to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,15 which God will bring about in his own time —God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords,16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.19 In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,21 which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith. Grace be with you all.

1 Quicumque sunt sub jugo servi, dominos suos omni honore dignos arbitrentur, ne nomen Domini et doctrina blasphemetur. 2 Qui autem fideles habent dominos, non contemnant, quia fratres sunt : sed magis serviant, quia fideles sunt et dilecti, qui beneficii participes sunt. Hc doce, et exhortare.3 Si quis aliter docet, et non acquiescit sanis sermonibus Domini nostri Jesu Christi, et ei, qu secundum pietatem est, doctrin : 4 superbus est, nihil sciens, sed languens circa qustiones, et pugnas verborum : ex quibus oriuntur invidi, contentiones, blasphemi, suspiciones mal, 5 conflictationes hominum mente corruptorum, et qui veritate privati sunt, existimantium qustum esse pietatem. 6 Est autem qustus magnus pietas cum sufficentia. 7 Nihil enim intulimus in hunc mundum : haud dubium quod nec auferre quid possumus. 8 Habentes autem alimenta, et quibus tegamur, his contenti simus. 9 Nam qui volunt divites fieri, incidunt in tentationem, et in laqueum diaboli, et desideria multa inutilia, et nociva, qu mergunt homines in interitum et perditionem. 10 Radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas : quam quidam appetentes erraverunt a fide, et inseruerunt se doloribus malis.11 Tu autem, o homo Dei, hc fuge : sectare vero justitiam, pietatem, fidem, caritatem, patientiam, mansuetudinem. 12 Certa bonum certamen fidei, apprehende vitam ternam, in qua vocatus es, et confessus bonam confessionem coram multis testibus. 13 Prcipio tibi coram Deo, qui vivificat omnia, et Christo Jesu, qui testimonium reddidit sub Pontio Pilato, bonam confessionem, 14 ut serves mandatum sine macula, irreprehensibile usque in adventum Domini nostri Jesu Christi, 15 quem suis temporibus ostendet beatus et solus potens, Rex regum, et Dominus dominantium : 16 qui solus habet immortalitatem, et lucem inhabitat inaccessibilem : quem nullus hominum vidit, sed nec videre potest : cui honor, et imperium sempiternum. Amen. 17 Divitibus hujus sculi prcipe non sublime sapere, neque sperare in incerto divitiarum, sed in Deo vivo (qui prstat nobis omnia abunde ad fruendum) 18 bene agere, divites fieri in bonis operibus, facile tribuere, communicare, 19 thesaurizare sibi fundamentum bonum in futurum, ut apprehendant veram vitam.20 O Timothee, depositum custodi, devitans profanas vocum novitates, et oppositiones falsi nominis scienti, 21 quam quidam promittentes, circa fidem exciderunt. Gratia tecum. Amen.