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1 Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the appointment of God our saviour, and of Jesus Christ our hope, 2 to Timothy my sincere convert, favour, mercy and peace from God our father, and Jesus Christ our Lord. 3 At my departure from Macedonia, I advised you to stay at Ephesus in order to charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, 4 or trouble their heads with fables and endless genealogies, which rather promote disputes than the gospel-dispensation: 5 such a charge will produce that charity, which arises from purity, from a good conscience, and a sincere belief: 6 for want of which, some have lost themselves in frivolous disputes, 7 pretending to be doctors of the law, tho' they neither understand what they advance, nor upon what it is founded. 8 I own that the law is good, if a man make a right use of it: 1 Timothy 1:1-8, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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