1 Timothy 1:3–11

Warning Against False Teachers

^3gAs I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not ^hto teach any different doctrine, ⁴nor ⁱto devote themselves to myths and endless ^jgenealogies, which promote ^kspeculations rather than the stewardship¹ from God that is by faith. ⁵The aim of our charge is love ^lthat issues from a pure heart and ^ma good conscience and ⁿa sincere faith. ⁶Certain persons, by ^oswerving from these, have wandered away into ^pvain discussion, ⁷desiring to be teachers of the law, ^qwithout understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

⁸Now we know that ^rthe law is good, if one uses it lawfully, ⁹understanding this, that the ^slaw is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, ¹⁰the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers,² liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to ^tsound³ doctrine, ¹¹in accordance with ^uthe gospel of the glory of ^vthe blessed God ^wwith which I have been entrusted.