1 Timothy 1

Chapter 1

Misleadings in Doctrine and Living

¹Paul, ^aan apostle of ^bChrist Jesus ^caccording to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our ^dhope,

²To ^aTimothy, my true child in the faith: ^bGrace, mercy and peace from God the Father and ^cChrist Jesus our Lord.

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.

¹²I thank ^aChrist Jesus our Lord, who has ^bstrengthened me, because He considered me faithful, ^cputting me into service,

¹³even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a ^apersecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was ^bshown mercy because ^cI acted ignorantly in unbelief;

¹⁴and the ^agrace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the ^bfaith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.

^15aIt is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that ^bChrist Jesus came into the world to ^csave sinners, among whom ^dI am foremost of all.

¹⁶Yet for this reason I ^afound mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might ^bdemonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those ¹who would believe in Him for eternal life.

¹⁷Now to the ^aKing ¹eternal, ^bimmortal, ^cinvisible, the ^donly God, ^ebe honor and glory ²forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁸This ^acommand I entrust to you, Timothy, ^bmy ¹son, in accordance with the ^cprophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you ^dfight the good fight,

¹⁹keeping ^afaith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to ^1btheir faith.

²⁰¹Among these are ^aHymenaeus and ^bAlexander, whom I have ^chanded over to Satan, so that they will be ^dtaught not to blaspheme.