1 Timothy 1:3–11

³As I urged you ¹upon my departure for ^aMacedonia, ²remain on at ^bEphesus so that you may instruct certain men not to ^cteach strange doctrines,

⁴nor to ¹pay attention to ^amyths and endless ^bgenealogies, which give rise to mere ^cspeculation rather than ^dfurthering ²the administration of God which is by faith.

⁵But the goal of our ^1ainstruction is love ^bfrom a pure heart and a ^cgood conscience and a sincere ^dfaith.

⁶For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to ^afruitless discussion,

^7awanting to be ^bteachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

⁸But we know that ^athe Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

⁹realizing the fact that ^alaw is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and ^brebellious, for the ^cungodly and sinners, for the unholy and ^dprofane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers

¹⁰¹and ^2aimmoral men and ^bhomosexuals and ^ckidnappers and ^dliars and ^eperjurers, and whatever else is contrary to ^fsound teaching,

¹¹according to ^athe glorious gospel of ^bthe blessed God, with which I have been ^centrusted.