1 Timothy 1

1^*Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ ^aby the commandment of ^bGod our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, ^cwhich is our hope; ²Unto ^dTimothy, ^emy ^fown son in the faith: ^gGrace, ^hmercy, and ^hpeace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

³ⁱAs I besought thee to abide still at ^jEphesus, ^kwhen I went into ^lMacedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they ^mteach no other doctrine, ⁴Neither give heed to ⁿfables and endless ^ogenealogies, which minister ^opquestions, rather than godly ^qedifying which is in faith: so do. ⁵Now ^rthe end of the commandment is charity ^sout of a pure heart, and of ^ta good conscience, and of ^ufaith ^vunfeigned: ⁶From which some ^||having swerved ^whave turned aside unto ^xvain jangling; ^7xxDesiring to be ^yteachers of the law; ^zunderstanding neither what they say, nor whereof they ^aaffirm. ⁸But we know that ^bthe law is good, if a man use it lawfully; ⁹Knowing this, that ^cthe law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and ^ddisobedient, for ^ethe ungodly and for ^esinners, for ^funholy and ^gprofane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, ¹⁰For ^hwhoremongers, for ^hithem that defile themselves with mankind, for ^kmenstealers, for ^lliars, for ^mperjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to ⁿsound doctrine; ¹¹According to ^othe glorious gospel of ^pthe blessed God, ^qwhich was committed to my trust. ¹²And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, ^rwho hath enabled me, for that he counted me ^sfaithful, ^tputting me into the ministry; ¹³Who was before ^ua blasphemer, and ^wa persecutor, and ^xinjurious: but ^yI obtained mercy, because ^zI did it ignorantly in unbelief. ^14aAnd the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant ^bwith faith and ^blove which is in Christ Jesus. ^15cThis is a faithful saying, and ^dworthy of all acceptation, that ^eChrist Jesus came into the world to save sinners; ^fof whom I am chief. ¹⁶Howbeit for this cause ^gI obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for ^ha pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. ¹⁷Now unto ⁱthe King eternal, ^klimmortal, ^kminvisible, ⁿthe only wise God, be ^kohonour and ^pglory for ever and ever. Amen. ¹⁸This charge ^qI commit unto thee, ^rson Timothy, according to the ^sprophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest ^twar a good warfare; ^19uHolding faith, and ^va good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith ^whave made shipwreck: ²⁰Of whom is ^xHymenaeus and ^yAlexander; whom I have ^zdelivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to ^ablaspheme.