Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Timothy+002   2 Timothy Chapter 2 (ESV)   14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Timothy+001   2 TIMOTHY Introduction Paul left his co-worker Timothy in the city of Ephesus to deal with some renegade leaders in the church there. When Timothy struggled, however, Paul went back to Ephesus. Once there, Paul suffered a great deal of harm from Alexander, one of these leaders, and he…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+006     1 Timothy   Chapter 6 (ESV) 11 But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+005   1 Timothy   Chapter 5 (ESV) 1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. 3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+004   1 Timothy   Chapter 4  (ESV) 6 If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.7 Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; 8 for while bodily training…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+003 1 Timothy   Chapter 3  (ESV) 1The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+002 1 Timothy   Chapter 2  (ESV) 1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasing in…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Timothy+001   1 TIMOTHY   Introduction After Paul was released from prison in Rome, he discovered that leaders in the Ephesian church had distorted the genuine message they had first heard from Paul himself. They had misapplied certain Jewish practices and borrowed some others from the philosophies of the day. They restricted…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+008     Song of Solomon 8 (ESV)   Longing for Her Beloved 1 Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me. 2 I would lead you and bring you into the house…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+007     Song of Solomon 7 (ESV)   1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. 2 Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. 3 Your two…