Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

1 From: Sha’ul, an emissary of the Messiah Yeshua by God’s will, which holds forth a promise of life through being united with Messiah Yeshua

2 To: Timothy, my dear son:

Grace, mercy andshalomfrom God the Father and the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord.

3 I give thanks to God, whom, like my forbears, I worship with a clean conscience, as I regularly remember you in my prayers night and day.

4 I am reminded of your tears, and I long to see you, so that I might be filled with joy.

5 I recall your sincere trust, the same trust that your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice had first; and I am convinced that you too now have this trust.

6 For this reason, I am reminding you to fan the flame of God’s gift, which you received throughs’mikhahfrom me.

7 For God gave us a Spirit who produces not timidity, but power, love and self-discipline.

8 So don’t be ashamed of bearing testimony to our Lord or to me, his prisoner. On the contrary, accept your share in suffering disgrace for the sake of the Good News. God will give you the strength for it,

9 since he delivered us and called us to a life of holiness as his people. It was not because of our deeds, but because of his own purpose and the grace which he gave to us who are united with the Messiah Yeshua. He did this before the beginning of time,

10 but made it public only now through the appearing of our Deliverer, the Messiah Yeshua, who abolished death and, through the Good News, revealed life and immortality.

11 It was for this Good News that I was appointed a proclaimer, emissary and teacher of theGoyim;

12 and this is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know him in whom I have put my trust, and I am persuaded that he can keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.

13 Follow the pattern of the sound teachings you have heard from me, with trust and the love which is yours in the Messiah Yeshua.

14 Keep safe the great treasure that has been entrusted to you, with the help of theRuach HaKodesh, who lives in us.

15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia turned away from me, including Phygelus and Ermogenes.

16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he was often a comfort to me and was not ashamed of my being in prison.

17 On the contrary, when he came to Rome, he diligently searched for me and found me.

18 May the Lord grant it to him to find mercy fromAdonaion that Day. And you know very well how much he helped me in Ephesus.

1 So then, you, my son, be empowered by the grace that comes from the Messiah Yeshua.

2 And the things you heard from me, which were supported by many witnesses, these things commit to faithful people, such as will be competent to teach others also.

3 Accept your share in suffering disgrace as a good soldier of the Messiah Yeshua.

4 No soldier on duty gets involved with civilian affairs, since he has to please his commanding officer.

5 Also an athlete can’t win a contest unless he competes according to the rules.

6 The farmer who has done the hard work should be the first to receive a share of the harvest.

7 Think about what I am saying, for the Lord will enable you to understand everything.

8 Remember Yeshua the Messiah, who was raised from the dead, who was a descendant of David. This is the Good News I proclaim,

9 and for which I am suffering to the point of being bound in chains — but the Word of God is not bound in chains!

10 Why do I persevere through it all? For the sake of those who have been chosen, so that they too may obtain the deliverance that comes through the Messiah Yeshua, with eternal glory.

11 Here is a statement you can trust:

If we have died with him,

we will also live with him.

12 If we persevere,

we will also rule with him

If we disown him,

he will also disown us.

13 If we are faithless,

he remains faithful,

for he cannot disown himself.

14 Keep reminding people of this, and charge them solemnly before the Lord not to engage in word-battles. They accomplish nothing useful and are a catastrophe for the hearers!

15 Do all you can to present yourself to God as someone worthy of his approval, as a worker with no need to be ashamed, because he deals straightforwardly with the Word of the Truth.

16 But keep away from godless babbling, for those who engage in it will only become more ungodly,

17 and their teaching will eat away at people like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are among these;

18 they have missed the mark, as far as the truth is concerned, by saying that our resurrection has already taken place; and they are overturning some people’s faith.

19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, stamped with these words:

“The Lord knows his own,”

and,

“Let everyone who claims he belongs to the Lord

stand apart from wrongdoing.”

20 In a large house there are dishes and pots not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. That is, some are meant for honorable use and some for dishonorable.

21 If a person keeps himself free of defilement by the latter, he will be a vessel set aside for honorable use by the master of the house and ready for every kind of good work.

22 So, flee the passions of youth; and, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart, pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love and peace.

23 But stay away from stupid and ignorant controversies — you know that they lead to fights,

24 and a slave of the Lord shouldn’t fight. On the contrary, he should be kind to everyone, a good teacher, and not resentful when mistreated.

25 Also he should be gentle as he corrects his opponents. For God may perhaps grant them the opportunity to turn from their sins, acquire full knowledge of the truth,

26 come to their senses and escape the trap of the Adversary, after having been captured alive by him to do his will.

1 Moreover, understand this: in theacharit-hayamimwill come trying times.

2 People will be self-loving, money-loving, proud, arrogant, insulting, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, uncontrolled, brutal, hateful of good,

4 traitorous, headstrong, swollen with conceit, loving pleasure rather than God,

5 as they retain the outer form of religion but deny its power.

Stay away from these people!

6 For some of them worm their way into homes and get control of weak-willed women who are heaped with sins and swayed by various impulses,

7 who are always learning but never able to come to full knowledge of the truth.

8 In the same way as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moshe, so also these people oppose the truth. They are people with corrupted minds, whose trust cannot pass the test.

9 However, they won’t get very far; because everyone will see how stupid they are, just as happened with those two.

10 But you, you have closely followed my teaching, conduct, purpose in life, trust, steadfastness, love and perseverance —

11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that came my way in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

12 And indeed, all who want to live a godly life united with the Messiah Yeshua will be persecuted,

13 while evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

14 But you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, recalling the people from whom you learned it;

15 and recalling too how from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which can give you the wisdom that leads to deliverance through trusting in Yeshua the Messiah.

16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is valuable for teaching the truth, convicting of sin, correcting faults and training in right living;

17 thus anyone who belongs to God may be fully equipped for every good work.

1 I solemnly charge you before God and the Messiah Yeshua, who will judge the living and the dead when he appears and establishes his Kingdom:

2 proclaim the Word! Be on hand with it whether the time seems right or not. Convict, censure and exhort with unfailing patience and with teaching.

3 For the time is coming when people will not have patience for sound teaching, but will cater to their passions and gather around themselves teachers who say whatever their ears itch to hear.

4 Yes, they will stop listening to the truth, but will turn aside to follow myths.

5 But you, remain steady in every situation, endure suffering, do the work that a proclaimer of the Good News should, and do everything your service to God requires.

6 For as for me, I am already being poured out on the altar; yes, the time for my departure has arrived.

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

8 All that awaits me now is the crown of righteousness which the Lord, “the Righteous Judge,” will award to me on that Day — and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for him to appear.

9 Do your best to come to me soon.

10 For Demas, because he has fallen in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone off to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia; Titus has gone to Dalmatia —

11 only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, because he is a very useful helper in my work.

12 But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

13 When you come, bring the coat which I left with Carpus in Troas, also the scrolls and especially the parchments.

14 Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm; the Lord will render to him according to his works;

15 and you should guard against him, because he bitterly opposed everything we said.

16 The first time I had to present my defense, no one stood by me; everyone deserted me — may it not be counted against them.

17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me power to proclaim the full message for all theGoyimto hear, and I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and bring me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever.Amen.

19 Greet Priscilla and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus.

20 Erastus has remained in Corinth, and Trophimus I left ill at Miletus.

21 Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers.

22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.

1 From: Sha’ul, an emissary of the Messiah Yeshua by command of God our deliverer and the Messiah Yeshua our hope,

2 To: Timothy, a true son because of your trust:

Grace, mercy andshalomfrom God the Father and the Messiah Yeshua our Lord.

3 As I counseled you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus, so that you may order certain people who are teaching a different doctrine to stop.

4 Have them stop devoting their attention to myths and never-ending genealogies; these divert people to speculating instead of doing God’s work, which requires trust.

5 The purpose of this order is to promote love from a clean heart, from a good conscience and from sincere trust.

6 Some, by aiming amiss, have wandered off into fruitless discussion.

7 They want to be teachers ofTorah, but they understand neither their own words nor the matters about which they make such emphatic pronouncements.

8 We know that theTorahis good, provided one uses it in the way theTorahitself intends.

9 We are aware thatTorahis not for a person who is righteous, but for those who are heedless ofTorahand rebellious, ungodly and sinful, wicked and worldly, for people who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

10 the sexually immoral — both heterosexual and homosexual — slave dealers, liars, perjurers, and anyone who acts contrary to the sound teaching

11 that accords with the Good News of the glorious and blessed God.

This Good News was entrusted to me;

12 and I thank the one who has given me strength, the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, that he considered me trustworthy enough to put me in his service,

13 even though I used to be a man who blasphemed and persecuted and was arrogant! But I received mercy because I had acted in unbelief, not understanding what I was doing.

14 Our Lord’s grace overflowed to me with trust and love that come through the Messiah Yeshua.

15 So here is a statement you can trust, one that fully deserves to be accepted: the Messiah came into the world to save sinners, and I’m the number one sinner!

16 But this is precisely why I received mercy — so that in me, as the number one sinner, Yeshua the Messiah might demonstrate how very patient he is, as an example to those who would later come to trust in him and thereby have eternal life.

17 So to the King — eternal, imperishable and invisible, the only God there is — let there be honor and glory for ever and ever!Amen.

18 This charge, son Timothy, I put to you, in keeping with the prophecies already made about you, so that by these prophecies you may fight the good fight,

19 armed with trust and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, some have made shipwreck of their trust;

20 among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander. I have turned them over to the Adversary, so that they will learn not to insult God.

1 First of all, then, I counsel that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all human beings,

2 including kings and all in positions of prominence; so that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives, being godly and upright in everything.

3 This is what God, our Deliverer, regards as good; this is what meets his approval.

4 He wants all humanity to be delivered and come to full knowledge of the truth.

5 For God is one; and there is but one Mediator between God and humanity, Yeshua the Messiah, himself human,

6 who gave himself as a ransom on behalf of all, thus providing testimony to God’s purpose at just the right time.

7 This is why I myself was appointed a proclaimer, even an emissary — I am telling the truth, not lying! — a trustworthy and truthful teacher of theGoyim.

8 Therefore, it is my wish that when the men pray, no matter where, they should lift up hands that are holy — they should not become angry or get into arguments.

9 Likewise, the women, when they pray, should be dressed modestly and sensibly in respectable attire, not with elaborate hairstyles and gold jewelry, or pearls, or expensive clothes.

10 Rather, they should adorn themselves with what is appropriate for women who claim to be worshipping God, namely, good deeds.

11 Let a woman learn in peace, fully submitted;

12 but I do not permit a woman to teach a man or exercise authority over him; rather, she is to remain at peace.

13 For Adam was formed first, then Havah.

14 Also it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who, on being deceived, became involved in the transgression.

15 Nevertheless, the woman will be delivered through childbearing, provided that she continues trusting, loving and living a holy life with modesty.

1 Here is a statement you can trust: anyone aspiring to be a congregation leader is seeking worthwhile work.

2 A congregation leader must be above reproach, he must be faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, orderly, hospitable and able to teach.

3 He must not drink excessively or get into fights; rather, he must be kind and gentle. He must not be a lover of money.

4 He must manage his own household well, having children who obey him with all proper respect;

5 for if a man can’t manage his own household, how will he be able to care for God’s Messianic Community?

6 He must not be a new believer, because he might become puffed up with pride and thus fall under the same judgment as did the Adversary.

7 Furthermore, he must be well regarded by outsiders, so that he won’t fall into disgrace and into the Adversary’s trap.

8 Likewise, theshammashimmust be of good character, people whose word can be trusted. They must not give themselves to excessive drinking or be greedy for dishonest gain.

9 They must possess the formerly hidden truth of the faith with a clean conscience.

10 And first, let them be tested; then, if they prove themselves blameless, let them be appointedshammashim.

11 Similarly, the wives must be of good character, not gossips, but temperate, faithful in everything.

12 Let theshammashimeach be faithful to his wife, managing his children and household well.

13 For those who serve well asshammashimgain good standing for themselves and much boldness in the trust that comes through Yeshua the Messiah.

14 I hope to visit you soon; but I am writing these things

15 so that if I am delayed, you may know how one should behave in the household of God, which is the Messianic Community of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

16 Great beyond all question is the formerly hidden truth underlying our faith:

He was manifested physically

and proved righteous spiritually,

seen by angels

and proclaimed among the nations,

trusted throughout the world

and raised up in glory to heaven.

1 The Spirit expressly states that in theacharit-hayamimsome people will apostatize from the faith by paying attention to deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

2 Such teachings come from the hypocrisy of liars whose own consciences have been burned, as if with a red-hot branding iron.

3 They forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods which God created to be eaten with thanksgiving by those who have come to trust and to know the truth.

4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing received with thanksgiving needs to be rejected,

5 because the word of God and prayer make it holy.

6 If you present all this to the brothers, you will be serving the Messiah Yeshua well; it will show that you have digested the words of the faith and of the good teaching which you have followed.

7 But refuse godlessbubbe-meises, and exercise yourself in godliness.

8 For although physical exercise does have some value, godliness is valuable for everything, since it holds promise both for the present life and for the life to come.

9 Here is a statement you can trust, one that fully deserves to be accepted

10 (indeed, it is for this that we toil and strive): we have our hope set on a living God who is the deliverer of all humanity, especially of those who trust.

11 Command these things and teach them.

12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because of your youth; on the contrary, set the believers an example in your speech, behavior, love, trust and purity.

13 Until I come, pay attention to the public reading of the Scriptures.

14 Do not neglect your gift, which you were given through a prophecy when the body of elders gave yous’mikhah.

15 Be diligent about this work, throw yourself into it, so that your progress may be clear to everyone.

16 Pay attention to yourself and to the teaching, continue in it, for by so doing you will deliver both yourself and those who hear you.

1 Do not rebuke an older man sharply, but appeal to him as you would to a father; treat younger men like brothers,

2 older women like mothers and younger women like sisters, with absolute purity.

3 Show respect to widows who are really in need.

4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, first let them learn to do their religious duty to their own family and thus repay some of the debt they owe their forebears, for this is what is acceptable in the sight of God.

5 Now the widow who is really in need, the one who has been left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

6 But the one who is self-indulgent is already dead, even though she lives.

7 And instruct them about this, so that they will not be open to blame.

8 Moreover, anyone who does not provide for his own people, especially for his family, has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

9 Let a widow be enrolled on the list of widows only if she is more than sixty years old, was faithful to her husband,

10 and is known for her good deeds — as one who has reared her children well, showed hospitality, washed the feet of God’s people, helped those in trouble, and engaged in all kinds of good work.

11 But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they begin to feel natural passions that alienate them from the Messiah, they want to get married.

12 This brings them under condemnation for having set aside the trust they had at first.

13 Besides that, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house; and not only idle, but gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t.

14 Therefore, I would rather the young widows get married, have children and take charge of their homes, so as to give the opposition no occasion for slandering us.

15 For already some have turned astray to follow the Adversary.

16 If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, she should provide relief for them — the congregation shouldn’t be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are really in need.

17 The leaders who lead well should be considered worthy of double honor, especially those working hard at communicating the Word and at teaching.

18 For theTanakhsays, “You are not to muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain,” in other words, “The worker deserves his wages.”

19 Never listen to any accusation against a leader unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.

20 Rebuke before the whole assembly those leaders who continue sinning, as a warning to the others.

21 Before God, the Messiah Yeshua and the chosen angels, I solemnly charge you to observe these instructions, not pre-judging and not doing anything out of favoritism.

22 Do not be hasty in grantings’mikhahto anyone, and do not share in other people’s sins — keep yourself pure.

23 Stop drinking water; instead, use a little wine for the sake of your digestion and because of your frequent illnesses.

24 The sins of some people are obvious and go ahead of them to judgment, but the sins of others follow afterwards.

25 Likewise, good deeds are obvious; and even when they are not, they can’t stay hidden.

1 Those who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as worthy of full respect, so that the name of God and the teaching will not be brought into disrepute.

2 And those who have believing masters are not to show them less respect on the ground that they are brothers; on the contrary, they should serve all the more diligently, since those benefiting from their service are believers whom they love.

Teach and exhort people about these things.

3 If anyone teaches differently and does not agree to the sound precepts of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah and to the doctrine that is in keeping with godliness,

4 he is swollen with conceit and understands nothing. Instead, he has a morbid desire for controversies and word-battles, out of which come jealousy, dissension, insults, evil suspicions,

5 and constant wrangling among people whose minds no longer function properly and who have been deprived of the truth, so that they imagine that religion is a road to riches.

6 Now true religion does bring great riches, but only to those who are content with what they have.

7 For we have brought nothing into the world; and we can take nothing out of it;

8 so if we have food and clothing, we will be satisfied with these.

9 Furthermore, those whose goal is to be rich fall into temptation; they get trapped in many foolish and hurtful ambitions which plunge them into ruin and destruction.

10 For the love of money is a root of all the evils; because of this craving, some people have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves to the heart with many pains.

11 But you, as a man of God, flee from these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

12 Fight the good fight of the faith, take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you testified so well to your faith before many witnesses.

13 I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and before the Messiah Yeshua, who in his witness to Pontius Pilate gave the same good testimony,

14 to obey your commission spotlessly and irreproachably until our Lord Yeshua the Messiah appears.

15 His appearing will be brought about in its own time by the blessed and sole Sovereign, who is King of kings and Lord of lords,

16 who alone is immortal, who dwells in unapproachable light that no human being has ever seen or can see — to him be honor and eternal power.Amen.

17 As for those who do have riches in this present world, charge them not to be proud and not to let their hopes rest on the uncertainties of riches but to rest their hopes on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

18 Charge them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous and ready to share.

19 In this way they will treasure up for themselves a good foundation for the future, so that they may lay hold of the real life.

20 Oh, Timothy! Keep safe what has been entrusted to you. Turn away from the ungodly babblings and the argumentative opposition of what is falsely called “knowledge.”

21 For many who promise this “knowledge” have missed the mark, as far as the faith is concerned. Grace be with you.