missed,  and  have  turned  aside  to  vain  babbling,  desiring  to  be  teachers

7  of  the  Law,^  understanding  neither  what   they  say  nor  whereof  they

8  affirm.     But  we  know  that  the  Law  is  good  if  a  man  use  it  lawfully;

9  knowing  this,  that  the  ^  Law  is  not  made  for  a  ^  righteous  man,  but  for
the  lawless  and  disobedient,  for  the  impious  and  sinful,  for  the  unholy

10  and  profane,  for  parricides  *  and  murderers,  for  fornicators,  sodomites,
slave-dealers,'  liars,  perjurers,  and  whatsoever  else  is  contrary  to  sound

11  doctrine.  Such  is  the  glorious  Glad-tidings  of  the  blessed  God,  which
was  committed  to  my  trust.
12  And  I  thank  Him  who  has  given  me  strength,  Christ  Jesus  Thecommis-

Bion  and  call-

our  Lord,  that  He  accounted  me  faithful,  and  appointed  me  to  ingof  Paui.
13  minister  unto  His  service,  who  was  before  a  blasphemer  and  persecutor,
and  doer  of  outrage  ;  but  I  received  mercy  because  I  acted  ignorantly,

11   in  unbelief.     And  the  grace  of  our  Lord  abounded   beyond  ®  measure,

15  with  faith  and  love  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus.  Faithful  is  the  saying,'  and
worthy  of  all  acceptation,  "  Christ  Jesus  came  into  the  world  to  save  sin-

16  ners  ;^'  of  whom  I  am  first.  But  for  this  cause  I  received  mercy,  that  in
me  first  Jesus  Christ  might  show  forth  all  His  long-suffering,  for  a  pattern

17  of  those  who  should  hereafter  believe  on  Him  unto  life  everlasting.  Now
to  the  King  eternal,*  immortal,  invisible,  the  only  ^  God,  be  honor  and
glory  unto  the  ages  of  ages.     Amen.
18  This  charge  I  commit  unto  thee,  son  Timotheus,  accord-

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19  ing  to  the  former  prophecies  ^"  concerning  thee;  that  in  the  fylgl'J^  ***„,.
