1 Timothy 3:7

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

She lay at his feet until the morning, then she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true.

These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!” He said, “Behold, it’s me, Lord.”

Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t have enough? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.

For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,

For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”

The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.

One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

For what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within?

We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

Abstain from every form of evil.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.