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1 Timothy 6:3-19

3IfanyoneG5100teachdifferently,anddonotaccedetosoundὑγιαίνουσινhugiainousinG5198wordsλόγοιςlogoisG3056,thoseofourLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547,andtheteachingδιδασκαλίᾳ,didaskaliaG1319which[is]accordingκατ᾽kat᾽G2596topiety,

4heispuffed up,knowingἐπιστάμενοςepistamenosG1987nothingμηδὲνmēdenG3367,butsickaboutquestionsanddisputesofwords,outofwhichariseenvyφθόνος,phthonosG5355,strifeἔρις,erisG2054, injuriouswords,evilπονηραί,ponēraiG4190suspicions,

5constant quarrellingsofmenG444corruptedinmindνοῦνnounG3563anddestituteofthetruthἀληθείας,alētheiasG225, holdinggainπορισμὸνporismonG4200tobeG1510[theendof]piety.

6ButpietywithcontentmentisG1510greatμέγαςmegasG3173gainπορισμὸςporismosG4200.

7ForwehavebroughtG1533nothingintotheworldκόσμον,kosmonG2889: [itis] [manifest]thatneithercanwecarryἐξενεγκεῖνexenegkeinG1627anythingτιtiG5100out.

8Buthavingsustenanceandcovering,wewillbecontentἀρκεσθησόμεθα.¶arkesthēsomethaG714withthese.

9ButthosewhodesireG1939toberichπλουτεῖνplouteinG4147fallἐμπίπτουσινempiptousinG1706intotemptationπειρασμὸνpeirasmonG3986andasnareπαγίδαpagidaG3803,andmanyπολλὰςpollasG4183unwiseandhurtfullustsG1939,whichplungemenG444intodestructionἀπώλειαν.apōleianG684andruin.

10FortheloveofmoneyisG1510[the]rootῥίζαrhizaG4491ofeveryevilκακῶνkakōnG2556;whichsomehaving aspiredafter,havewanderedfromthefaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102,andpiercedthemselveswithmanyπολλαῖς.¶pollaisG4183sorrows.

11Butthou,OmanἄνθρωπεanthrōpeG444ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316,fleeφεῦγε,pheugeG5343thesethingsταῦταtautaG3778,andpursueδίωκεdiōkeG1377righteousnessδικαιοσύνην,dikaiosunēnG1343,piety,faithπίστιν,pistinG4102,loveἀγάπην,agapēnG26,enduranceὑπομονήν,hupomonēnG5281,meeknessofspirit.

12StriveG75earnestly[in]thegoodκαλὸνkalonG2570conflictG73offaithπίστεως,pisteōsG4102. LayholdἐπιλαβοῦepilabouG1949ofeternalαἰωνίουaiōniouG166lifeζωῆςzōēsG2222,towhichthou hastbeencalledἐκλήθηςeklēthēsG2564,andhastconfessedὡμολόγησαςhōmologēsasG3670thegoodκαλὴνkalēnG2570confessionὁμολογίανhomologianG3671beforemanyπολλῶνpollōnG4183witnessesG3144.

13Ienjoin theebeforeGodθεοῦtheouG2316whopreservesallthingsπάνταpantaG3956inlifeζῳογονοῦντοςzōogonountosG2225,andChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424whowitnessedG3140beforePontiusΠοντίουPontiouG4194PilateΠιλάτουPilatouG4091thegoodκαλὴνkalēnG2570confessionὁμολογίανhomologianG3671,

14thatthoukeepτηρῆσαίtērēsaiG5083thecommandmentἐντολὴνentolēnG1785spotless, irreproachable,untiltheappearingἐπιφανείαςepiphaneiasG2015ofourLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547;

15whichinitsownἰδίοιςidioisG2398timeG2540theblessedandonlyG3441Rulershallshew,theKingβασιλεὺςbasileusG935ofthosethatreignG936,andLordκύριοςkuriosG2962ofthosethatexercise lordship;

16whoonlyG3441hasimmortalityἀθανασίαν,athanasianG110, dwellinginunapproachablelightφῶςphōsG5457;whomnomanG444hasseenG3708,norisableδύναται,dunataiG1410toseeG3708;towhom[be] honourandeternalαἰώνιον,aiōnionG166might.Amenἀμήν.¶amēnG281.

17EnjoinonthoserichπλουσίοιςplousioisG4145inthepresentνῦνnunG3568ageαἰῶνιaiōniG165nottobehigh-minded,nortotrustontheuncertaintyofrichesπλούτουploutouG4149;butintheGodθεῷtheōG2316whoaffordsusallthingsπάνταpantaG3956richlyπλουσίωςplousiōsG4146for[our] enjoyment;

18todogoodκαλοῖς,kaloisG2570,tobeG1510richπλουτεῖνplouteinG4147ingoodG2570worksἔργοιςergoisG2041,tobeG1510liberalindistributing, disposedtocommunicate [oftheirsubstance],

19layingbyforthemselvesagoodκαλὸνkalonG2570foundationθεμέλιονthemelionG2310forthefuture,thattheymaylayholdἐπιλάβωνταιepilabōntaiG1949of[whatis]reallylifeζωῆς.¶zōēsG2222.

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