Paul’s Greeting to Timothy
(2 Timothy 1:1–2)

1PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the appointment of God our Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

2to Timothy, my true son in the faith; grace, mercy, peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Correcting False Teachers
(Titus 1:10–16)

3As, on going into Macedonia, I besought you to remain in Ephesus, that you might charge some that they teach no other thing, 4nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which produce disputes rather than godly edification, which is in faith; 5(Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and out of a good conscience, and out of faith unfeigned: 6which things some not having aimed at, have turned aside to idle disputation, 7desiring to be teachers of law, though under standing neither what they say nor of what they boldly affirm.

8But we know that the law is good, if any one use it lawfully; 9knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and for scorners, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for man-slayers, 10for lewd persons, for sodomites, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and for whatever other thing is opposed to sound teaching, 11according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been intrusted to me.

God’s Grace to Paul

12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me power, because he counted me faithful, and put me into the ministry; 13me, I say, who before was a reviler and a persecutor and an overbearing man. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief: 14and the grace of our Lord was very abundant with faith, and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15Assuredly true and worthy of all acceptation is this saying: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 16But for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all long-suffering, for an example to those who might afterward believe on him in order to life eternal. 17Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, be honor and glory from age to age. Amen.)

18This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, in accordance with the preceding prophecies concerning you, that by them you may war the good warfare, 19holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them, as it respects faith have made shipwreck; of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, 20whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to revile.