1 Timothy 1:3–11

False Doctrine and Misuse of the Law

³As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, ^gremain in Ephesus ^hso that you may instruct certain people ⁱnot to teach different doctrine ⁴or to pay attention to myths ^jand endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan, ^kwhich operates by faith. ⁵Now the goal of our instruction is love ^lthat comes from a pure heart, ^ma good conscience, ⁿand a sincere faith. ^o6Some have deviated from these and turned aside to fruitless discussion. ⁷They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on. ⁸But we know that the law is good, ^pprovided one uses it legitimately. ⁹We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, ^qfor the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers, ¹⁰for the sexually immoral ^rand homosexuals, ^sfor kidnappers, ^tliars, ^uperjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching ^v11based on the glorious gospel ^wof the blessed God, ^xwhich was entrusted to me. ^y