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1 Timothy 5:10

First Nations Version

She must also have a reputation for doing good. Has she raised her children in a good way? Has she welcomed travelers into her home? Has she washed the feet of Creator’s holy ones? Has she offered help to people during hard times? Has she always been willing to do good for others?

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Instruct them to walk in a good way, to possess many good deeds, and to be willing and ready to share with those in need.


You can be sure that the things I have told you are true and good and helpful for everyone. I want you to speak boldly about these things, so that those who trust in Creator will give themselves to doing good things for others.


Now in the nearby Village of Beauty (Joppa) there lived a follower of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) whose name was Deer Woman (Tabitha), which is translated into our tribal language as Deer Eyes (Dorcas). She was a doer of many good deeds and always gave to the ones who had little.


Remind the sacred family members to give way to the powers and authorities that rule the land. They must follow their laws and be ready to do any good deed.


As for yourself, be an example to them by the good deeds you do, and in the heartfelt and respectful ways you teach.


In this way, those who walk with the Great Spirit will have everything that is needed to do good things for others.


Give what you can to help the sacred family members who are in need. Open your homes and hearts to others.


Then he turned to the woman and said to Man Who Listens (Simon), “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair.


In the same way, let your light shine by doing what is good and right. When others see, they will give honor to your Father—the One Above Us All.


Walk in a good way among those who are outsiders to our spiritual ways. In this way, even though they falsely accuse you of wrongdoing, when they see the good you have done they will give honor to the Great Spirit on the day he comes to visit us.


May the Great Provider give you everything you need to do what he wants done. He is working, through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, to do in us the things that make his heart glad. He is to be given all honor to the time beyond the end of all days. Aho! May it be so!


Do not forget to be kind and welcoming to strangers, for in this way some have welcomed spirit-messengers without knowing it.


We should think about how to stir each other up toward love and doing good.


Our sacred family members must learn to give themselves to doing good for others when they are in need. In this way, they will not fail to bear good fruit in their lives.


He paid the highest price to set us free from all our wrongdoings and purify for himself a people whose hearts burn with fire to do good deeds.


She came up behind Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and began to weep at his feet. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them with her hair. Then she kissed his feet and rubbed the ointment on them.


Everyone has something good to say about Corn Spirit (Demetrius), and what they say agrees with the truth. We also say good things about him, and as you know, we always speak the truth.


Open your homes to each other and share your food without grumbling.


From the time you were a young boy you have known the Sacred Teachings that are able to make you wise as you trust in the one who has set you free and made you whole, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.


Those who wash themselves clean from these worthless ways will be vessels of honor, made holy for the Headman’s use and ready to do many good deeds.


I remember how deep your faith truly is. That faith was alive first in your grandmother Woman Who Walks with Kindness (Lois), then in your mother Woman Who Wins (Eunice). I know that this same faith lives in you as well.


In the same way, the good deeds of some are clearly seen, and even if they are not clear for all to see, they will not be hidden for long.


It is only right that a woman who represents herself as walking in a sacred manner should show her beauty in the good things she does for others.


That you will walk in a manner that is worthy of our Honored Chief, making his heart glad and bearing good fruit as you walk the path he has chosen for you. In this way, you will grow wise in your understanding of our Great Creator.


We are like clay in his hands, molded from the Chosen One, made to be like him, and walking the ancient pathways he originally created us for.


“A man named Creator Shows Kindness (Ananias), who had deep respect for our tribal law and had a good reputation among our Tribal Members who lived there,


“Little Horn (Cornelius), who is a head soldier of the People of Iron (Romans), sent us. He is a man with a good heart who has deep respect for the Great Spirit and is well spoken of by all in your tribal nation. He was instructed by a sacred spirit-messenger to send messengers to you, to ask you to come to his house so he can hear your words.”


Stands on the Rock (Peter) got right up and went with the men. When they arrived, they took him to where her body lay in the upstairs room. The widows came and stood next to him. The tears rolled down their faces as they showed him the beautiful garments Deer Eyes (Dorcas) had made when she was with them.


We want you to choose seven men of good reputation, who are filled with Creator’s Spirit and wisdom, who will serve in our place.


If sacred family members have a widow in the family, let them take her in and care for her. This will lift the burden from the sacred family so the widows who have no family will be cared for.


And last of all, they must have a good reputation with those who are outside the sacred family, so they will not be shamed and fall into the trap set by the evil trickster.


Elders like this must be free from accusation, faithful in marriage, clear-minded, self-controlled, honorable, welcoming to strangers, and able to teach others.


In the same way the one with two herds used them to gain two more.





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