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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

Paul's Greeting to Timothy

Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ, according to [the] command of God our Saviour, and of Christ Jesus our hope,

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To Timothy my true son in the faith:
Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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to Timotheus, [my] true child in faith: grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Timothy Charged to Oppose False Teachers

As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer

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Warning against False Teaching

Even as I begged thee to remain in Ephesus, [when I was] going to Macedonia, that thou mightest enjoin some not to teach other doctrines,

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or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work — which is by faith.

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nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than [further] God's dispensation, which [is] in faith.

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The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

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But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;

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Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk.

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which [things] some having missed, have turned aside to vain discourse,

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They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.

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desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they [so] strenuously affirm.

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We know that the law is good if one uses it properly.

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Now we know that the law [is] good if any one uses it lawfully,

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We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

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knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to [the] lawless and insubordinate, to [the] impious and sinful, to [the] unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,

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for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers — and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine

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fornicators, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching,

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that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

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according to the glad tidings of the glory of the blessed God, with which *I* have been entrusted.

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The Lord’s Grace to Paul

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.

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God's Grace to Paul

[And] I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me power, that he has counted me faithful, appointing to ministry him

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Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

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who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing [man]: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.

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The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded with faith and love, which [is] in Christ Jesus.

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Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners — of whom I am the worst.

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Faithful [is] the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am [the] first.

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But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.

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But for this reason mercy was shewn me, that in me, [the] first, Jesus Christ might display the whole long-suffering, for a delineation of those about to believe on him to life eternal.

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Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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Now to the King of the ages, [the] incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.

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The Charge to Timothy Renewed

Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well,

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This charge, [my] child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare,

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holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.

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maintaining faith and a good conscience; which [last] some, having put away, have made shipwreck as to faith;

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Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

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of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may be taught by discipline not to blaspheme.

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1 Timothy 1

1 Timothy 1