¹Quicumque sunt sub jugo servi,Whoever are servants under the yoke,dominos suos omni honore dignos arbitrentur,let them consider their masters to be worthy of every honor,ne nomen Domini et doctrina blasphemetur.lest the name and doctrine of the Lord be blasphemed.

¹Quicumque sunt sub jugo servi,Whoever are servants under the yoke,dominos suos omni honore dignos arbitrentur,let them consider their masters to be worthy of every honor,ne nomen Domini et doctrina blasphemetur.lest the name and doctrine of the Lord be blasphemed.

²Qui autem fideles habent dominos,But those who have believing masters,non contemnant, quia fratres sunt:let them not despise them because they are brothers,sed magis serviant, quia fideles sunt et dilecti,but rather serve them all the more because they are believing and beloved,qui beneficii participes sunt.participants of the same service.Hæc doce, et exhortare.Teach and exhort these things.

²Qui autem fideles habent dominos,But those who have believing masters,non contemnant, quia fratres sunt:let them not despise them because they are brothers,sed magis serviant, quia fideles sunt et dilecti,but rather serve them all the more because they are believing and beloved,qui beneficii participes sunt.participants of the same service.Hæc doce, et exhortare.Teach and exhort these things.

³Si quis aliter docet,If anyone teaches otherwise,et non acquiescit sanis sermonibus Domini nostri Jesu Christi,and does not consent to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ,et ei, quæ secundum pietatem est, doctrinæ:and to that doctrine which is in accord with piety,

³Si quis aliter docet,If anyone teaches otherwise,et non acquiescit sanis sermonibus Domini nostri Jesu Christi,and does not consent to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ,et ei, quæ secundum pietatem est, doctrinæ:and to that doctrine which is in accord with piety,

⁴superbus est,then he is arrogant,nihil sciens,knowing nothing,sed languens circa quæstiones,yet languishing amid the questionset pugnas verborum:and quarrels of words.ex quibus oriuntur invidiæ,From these arise envy,contentiones,contention,blasphemiæ,blasphemy,suspiciones malæ,evil suspicions:

⁴superbus est,then he is arrogant,nihil sciens,knowing nothing,sed languens circa quæstiones,yet languishing amid the questionset pugnas verborum:and quarrels of words.ex quibus oriuntur invidiæ,From these arise envy,contentiones,contention,blasphemiæ,blasphemy,suspiciones malæ,evil suspicions:

⁵conflictationes hominum mente corruptorum,the conflicts of men who have been corrupted in mindet qui veritate privati sunt,and deprived of truth,existimantium quæstum esse pietatem.who consider profit to be piety.

⁵conflictationes hominum mente corruptorum,the conflicts of men who have been corrupted in mindet qui veritate privati sunt,and deprived of truth,existimantium quæstum esse pietatem.who consider profit to be piety.

⁶Est autem quæstus magnus pietas cum sufficientia.But piety with sufficiency is great gain.

⁶Est autem quæstus magnus pietas cum sufficientia.But piety with sufficiency is great gain.

⁷Nihil enim intulimus in hunc mundum:For we brought nothing into this world,haud dubium quod nec auferre quid possumus.and there is no doubt that we can take nothing away.

⁷Nihil enim intulimus in hunc mundum:For we brought nothing into this world,haud dubium quod nec auferre quid possumus.and there is no doubt that we can take nothing away.

⁸Habentes autem alimenta,But,et quibus tegamur,having nourishment and some kind of covering,his contenti simus.we should be content with these.

⁸Habentes autem alimenta,But,et quibus tegamur,having nourishment and some kind of covering,his contenti simus.we should be content with these.

⁹Nam qui volunt divites fieri,For those who want to become rich fall into temptationincidunt in tentationem,and into the snare of the devilet in laqueum diaboli,and into many uselesset desideria multa inutilia,and harmful desires,et nociva,which submerge men in destructionquæ mergunt homines in interitum et perditionem.and in perdition.

⁹Nam qui volunt divites fieri,For those who want to become rich fall into temptationincidunt in tentationem,and into the snare of the devilet in laqueum diaboli,and into many uselesset desideria multa inutilia,and harmful desires,et nociva,which submerge men in destructionquæ mergunt homines in interitum et perditionem.and in perdition.

¹⁰Radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas:For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons,quam quidam appetentes erraverunt a fide, et inseruerunt se doloribus multis.hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

¹⁰Radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas:For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons,quam quidam appetentes erraverunt a fide, et inseruerunt se doloribus multis.hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

¹¹Tu autem,But you,o homo Dei,O man of God,hæc fuge:flee from these things,sectare vero justitiam,and truly pursue justice,pietatem,piety,fidem,faith,caritatem,charity,patientiam,patience,mansuetudinem.meekness.

¹¹Tu autem,But you,o homo Dei,O man of God,hæc fuge:flee from these things,sectare vero justitiam,and truly pursue justice,pietatem,piety,fidem,faith,caritatem,charity,patientiam,patience,mansuetudinem.meekness.

¹²Certa bonum certamen fidei,Fight the good fight of faith.apprehende vitam æternam, in qua vocatus es,Take hold of the eternal life to which you have been called,et confessus bonam confessionem coram multis testibus.and make a good profession of faith in the sight of many witnesses.

¹²Certa bonum certamen fidei,Fight the good fight of faith.apprehende vitam æternam, in qua vocatus es,Take hold of the eternal life to which you have been called,et confessus bonam confessionem coram multis testibus.and make a good profession of faith in the sight of many witnesses.

¹³Præcipio tibi coram Deo,I charge you,qui vivificat omnia,in the sight of God,et Christo Jesu,who enlivens all things,qui testimonium reddidit sub Pontio Pilato,and in the sight of Christ Jesus,bonam confessionem,who gave the testimony of a good profession under Pontius Pilate,

¹³Præcipio tibi coram Deo,I charge you,qui vivificat omnia,in the sight of God,et Christo Jesu,who enlivens all things,qui testimonium reddidit sub Pontio Pilato,and in the sight of Christ Jesus,bonam confessionem,who gave the testimony of a good profession under Pontius Pilate,

¹⁴ut serves mandatum sine macula,to observe the commandment,irreprehensibile usque in adventum Domini nostri Jesu Christi,immaculately, irreproachably, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ut serves mandatum sine macula,to observe the commandment,irreprehensibile usque in adventum Domini nostri Jesu Christi,immaculately, irreproachably, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵quem suis temporibus ostendet beatus et solus potens,For at the proper time,Rex regum,he shall reveal the blessed and only Power,et Dominus dominantium:the King of kings and the Lord of lords,

¹⁵quem suis temporibus ostendet beatus et solus potens,For at the proper time,Rex regum,he shall reveal the blessed and only Power,et Dominus dominantium:the King of kings and the Lord of lords,

¹⁶qui solus habet immortalitatem,who alone holds immortality,et lucem inhabitat inaccessibilem:and who inhabits the inaccessible light,quem nullus hominum vidit,whom no man has seen,sed nec videre potest:nor even is able to see,cui honor,to whom is honoret imperium sempiternum.and everlasting dominion.Amen.Amen.

¹⁶qui solus habet immortalitatem,who alone holds immortality,et lucem inhabitat inaccessibilem:and who inhabits the inaccessible light,quem nullus hominum vidit,whom no man has seen,sed nec videre potest:nor even is able to see,cui honor,to whom is honoret imperium sempiternum.and everlasting dominion.Amen.Amen.

¹⁷Divitibus hujus sæculi præcipe non sublime sapere,Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude,neque sperare in incerto divitiarum,nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches,sed in Deo vivo (qui præstat nobis omnia abunde ad fruendum)but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy,

¹⁷Divitibus hujus sæculi præcipe non sublime sapere,Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude,neque sperare in incerto divitiarum,nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches,sed in Deo vivo (qui præstat nobis omnia abunde ad fruendum)but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy,

¹⁸bene agere,and to do good,divites fieri in bonis operibus,to become rich in good works,facile tribuere,to donate readily,communicare,to share,

¹⁸bene agere,and to do good,divites fieri in bonis operibus,to become rich in good works,facile tribuere,to donate readily,communicare,to share,

¹⁹thesaurizare sibi fundamentum bonum in futurum,to gather for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future,ut apprehendant veram vitam.so that they may obtain true life.

¹⁹thesaurizare sibi fundamentum bonum in futurum,to gather for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future,ut apprehendant veram vitam.so that they may obtain true life.

²⁰O Timothee,O Timothy,depositum custodi,guard what has been deposited with you,devitans profanas vocum novitates,avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas,et oppositiones falsi nominis scientiæ,which are falsely called knowledge.

²⁰O Timothee,O Timothy,depositum custodi,guard what has been deposited with you,devitans profanas vocum novitates,avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas,et oppositiones falsi nominis scientiæ,which are falsely called knowledge.

²¹quam quidam promittentes,Certain persons, promising these things,circa fidem exciderunt.have perished from the faith.Gratia tecum. Amen.May grace be with you. Amen.

²¹quam quidam promittentes,Certain persons, promising these things,circa fidem exciderunt.have perished from the faith.Gratia tecum. Amen.May grace be with you. Amen.