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

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus† according to the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus† our hope, 2To Timothy, my genuine child in the faith:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father† and Christ Jesus† our Lord.

Correcting False Teachers
(Titus 1:10–16)

3Just as I exhorted you to remain in Ephesus in my going to Macedonia, so that you might charge certain ones not to teach other doctrines 4nor to give heed to myths and endless genealogies, which cause controversies rather than the stewardship of God that is in faith.†

5Now the goal of our charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith, 6from which certain ones, having missed the mark, turned aside to empty talk, 7wanting to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor that about which they confidently assert.

8Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 9knowing this, that law is not laid for a righteous one, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for slayers of man, 10for the sexually immoral, homosexuals, enslavers,† liars, perjurers, and if anything other is opposed to being sound in the teaching, 11according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

God’s Grace to Paul

12I have† gratitude to the One having empowered me, Christ Jesus our Lord, that He esteemed me faithful, having put me to service, 13formerly being a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolent; but I was shown mercy, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief. 14And the grace of our Lord exceedingly abounded with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

15Trustworthy is the word, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16But because of this I was shown mercy, so that in me, the foremost, Christ Jesus† might display all patience, as a pattern for those being about to believe on Him unto eternal life. 17Now to the King of the ages, the immortal, invisible, the only God,† be honor and glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.

18I commit to you this charge, Timothy my child, according to the prophecies upon you going before, so that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19having faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away, made a shipwreck concerning the faith, 20of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan so that they should be disciplined not to blaspheme.

Footnotes:

1 BYZ and TR of Jesus Christ
1 BYZ and TR of the Lord Jesus Christ
2 BYZ and TR God our Father
2 Scrivener TR Jesus Christ
4 Or rather than the stewardship of God's work, which is by faith
10 Or kidnappers
12 BYZ and include And I have.
16 BYZ and TR Jesus Christ
17 BYZ and TR the only wise God