Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech: 1 Timothy | Page 2

men; 002:002 including kings
and all who are in high station, in order that we may live peaceful and
tranquil lives with all godliness and gravity. 002:003 This is right, and
is pleasing in the sight of God our Saviour, 002:004 who is willing for
all mankind to be saved and come to a full knowledge of the truth.
002:005 For there is but one God and but one Mediator between God
and men-- Christ Jesus, Himself man; 002:006 who gave Himself as the
redemption price for all--a fact testified to at its own appointed time,
002:007 and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I
am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction), a teacher of the Gentiles in
faith and truth. 002:008 So then I would have the men everywhere pray,
lifting to God holy hands which are unstained with anger or strife;
002:009 and I would have the women dress becomingly, with modesty
and self-control, not with plaited hair or gold or pearls or costly clothes,
002:010 but--as befits women making a claim to godliness-- with the
ornament of good works. 002:011 A woman should quietly learn from
others with entire submissiveness. 002:012 I do not permit a woman to

teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.
002:013 For Adam was formed first, and then Eve; 002:014 and Adam
was not deceived, but his wife was thoroughly deceived, and so became
involved in transgression. 002:015 Yet a woman will be brought safely
through childbirth if she and her husband continue to live in faith and
love and growing holiness, with habitual self-restraint. 003:001 Faithful
is the saying, "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he
desires a noble work." 003:002 A minister then must be a man of
irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded,
well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching;
003:003 not a hard drinker nor given to blows; not selfish or
quarrelsome or covetous; 003:004 but ruling his own household wisely
and well, with children kept under control with true dignity. 003:005 (If
a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have
the Church of God given into his care?) 003:006 He ought not to be a
new convert, for fear he should be blinded with pride and come under
the same condemnation as the Devil. 003:007 It is needful also that he
bear a good character with people outside the Church, lest he fall into
reproach or a snare of the Devil. 003:008 Deacons, in the same way,
must be men of serious demeanour, not double-tongued, nor addicted to
much wine, nor greedy of base gain, 003:009 but holding the secret
truths of the faith with a clear conscience. 003:010 And they must also
be well-tried men, and when found to be of unblemished character then
let them serve as deacons. 003:011 Deaconesses, in the same way, must
be sober-minded women, not slanderers, but in every way temperate
and trustworthy. 003:012 A deacon must be true to his one wife, and
rule his children and his own household wisely and well. 003:013 For
those who have filled the deacon's office wisely and well, are already
gaining for themselves an honourable standing, and are acquiring great
freedom of speech in proclaiming the faith which rests on Christ Jesus.
003:014 All this I write to you, though I am hoping before long to
come to see you. 003:015 But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write,
so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's
household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it
is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth. 003:016 And, beyond
controversy, great is the mystery of our religion-- that Christ appeared
in human form, and His claims justified by the Spirit, was seen by

angels and proclaimed among Gentile nations, was believed on in the
world, and received up again into glory. 004:001 Now the Spirit
expressly declares that in later times some will fall away from the faith,
giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons; 004:002
through the hypocrisy of men who teach falsely and have their own
consciences seared as with a hot iron; 004:003 forbidding people to
marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to
be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a
clear knowledge of the truth. 004:004 For everything that God has
created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received
with thanksgiving. 004:005 For it is made holy by the word of God and
by prayer. 004:006 If you warn the brethren