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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus, by the command of God our Savior and the Messiah Jesus, our hope. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2To: Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. May grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus, our Lord, be yours! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3When I was on my way to Macedonia, I urged you to stay in Ephesus so that you could instruct certain people to stop teaching false doctrine |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4and occupying themselves with myths and endless genealogies. These things promote controversies rather than God's ongoing purpose, which involves faith. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The goal of this instruction is love that flows from a pure heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Some people have left these qualities behind and have turned to fruitless discussion. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7They want to be teachers of the Law, yet they do not understand either what they are talking about or the things about which they speak so confidently. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Of course, we know that the Law is good if a person uses it legitimately, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9that is, if he understands that the Law is not intended for righteous people but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who are unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10for those involved in sexual immorality, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for false witnesses, and for whatever else goes against the healthy teaching |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I thank the Messiah Jesus, our Lord, who gives me strength, that he has considered me faithful and has appointed me to his service. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14and the grace of our Lord overflowed toward me, along with the faith and love that are in the Messiah Jesus. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance: To this world Messiah came, sinful people to reclaim. I am the worst of them. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the worst sinner, the Messiah Jesus might demonstrate all of his patience as an example for those who would believe in him for eternal life. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Now to the King Eternal—the immortal, invisible, and only God—be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Timothy, my child, I am instructing you in keeping with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may continue to fight the good fight |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19with faith and a good conscience. By ignoring their consciences, some people have destroyed their faith like a wrecked ship. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20These include Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan so that they may learn not to blaspheme. |
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