1 Timothy 1:1-7 ▼

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to a command of God our Savior, and of the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

2 to Timotheus—genuine child in faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

3 According as I exhorted you to remain in Ephesus—I going on to Macedonia—that you might charge certain [ones] not to teach any other thing,

4 nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than [the] stewardship of God which [is] in faith.

5 And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of unhypocritical faith,

6 from which certain [men], having swerved, turned aside to vain discourse,

7 willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they confidently assert,