1 Timothy 1:3–11

No Other Doctrine

³As I urged you ^cwhen I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may ¹charge some ^dthat they teach no other doctrine, ^4enor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith. ⁵Now ^fthe purpose of the commandment is love ^gfrom a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from ²sincere faith, ⁶from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to ^hidle talk, ⁷desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

⁸But we know that the law is ⁱgood if one uses it lawfully, ⁹knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, ¹⁰for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is ³contrary to sound doctrine, ¹¹according to the glorious gospel of the ^jblessed God which was ^kcommitted to my trust.