1 Timothy 3 (SBICS)
1 yadi kazcid adhyakSapadam AkAgkSatE tarhi sa uttamaM karmma lipsata iti satyaM| 2 atO'dhyakSENAninditEnaikasyA yOSitO bhartrA parimitabhOgEna saMyatamanasA sabhyEnAtithisEvakEna zikSaNE nipuNEna 3 na madyapEna na prahArakENa kintu mRdubhAvEna nirvvivAdEna nirlObhEna 4 svaparivArANAm uttamazAsakEna pUrNavinItatvAd vazyAnAM santAnAnAM niyantrA ca bhavitavyaM| 5 yata AtmaparivArAn zAsituM yO na zaknOti tEnEzvarasya samitEstattvAvadhAraNaM kathaM kAriSyatE? 6 aparaM sa garvvitO bhUtvA yat zayatAna iva daNPayOgyO na bhavEt tadarthaM tEna navaziSyENa na bhavitavyaM| 7 yacca nindAyAM zayatAnasya jAlE ca na patEt tadarthaM tEna bahiHsthalOkAnAmapi madhyE sukhyAtiyuktEna bhavitavyaM| 8 tadvat paricArakairapi vinItai rdvividhavAkyarahitai rbahumadyapAnE 'nAsaktai rnirlObhaizca bhavitavyaM, 9 nirmmalasaMvEdEna ca vizvAsasya nigUPhavAkyaM dhAtivyanjca| 10 agrE tESAM parIkSA kriyatAM tataH param aninditA bhUtvA tE paricaryyAM kurvvantu| 11 aparaM yOSidbhirapi vinItAbhiranapavAdikAbhiH satarkAbhiH sarvvatra vizvAsyAbhizca bhavitavyaM| 12 paricArakA EkaikayOSitO bharttArO bhavEyuH, nijasantAnAnAM parijanAnAnjca suzAsanaM kuryyuzca| 13 yataH sA paricaryyA yai rbhadrarUpENa sAdhyatE tE zrESThapadaM prApnuvanti khrISTE yIzau vizvAsEna mahOtsukA bhavanti ca| 14 tvAM pratyEtatpatralEkhanasamayE zIghraM tvatsamIpagamanasya pratyAzA mama vidyatE| 15 yadi vA vilambEya tarhIzvarasya gRhE 'rthataH satyadharmmasya stambhabhittimUlasvarUpAyAm amarEzvarasya samitau tvayA kIdRza AcAraH karttavyastat jnjAtuM zakSyatE| 16 aparaM yasya mahattvaM sarvvasvIkRtam IzvarabhaktEstat nigUPhavAkyamidam IzvarO mAnavadEhE prakAzita AtmanA sapuNyIkRtO dUtaiH sandRSTaH sarvvajAtIyAnAM nikaTE ghOSitO jagatO vizvAsapAtrIbhUtastEjaHprAptayE svargaM nItazcEti|