Wisdom & Truth Verses

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself {rather} unto godliness.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. {little: or, for a little time}

These things command and teach.

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. {to all: or, in all things}

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. {in...: or, delicately}

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

I charge {thee} before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. {preferring...: or, prejudice}