1 Timothy 1:1-7 ▼

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

2 to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

4 and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith.

5 But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith,

6 from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking,

7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm.