Chapter 1
1 Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Saviour and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope ,
2 to Timothy , my true child in faith : Grace , mercy , and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord .
3 As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia , stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine ,
4 and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies , which cause disputes rather than God ’s stewardship , which is in faith .
5 But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart , a good conscience , and sincere faith ,
6 from which things some , having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking,
7 desiring to be teachers of the law , though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm .
8 But we know that the law is good if a person uses it lawfully ,
9 as knowing this , that law is not made for a righteous person , but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers , for manslayers,
10 for the sexually immoral , for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars , for perjurers , and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine ,
11 according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God , which was committed to my trust .
12 I thank him who enabled me , Christ Jesus our Lord , because he counted me faithful , appointing me to service ,
13 although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor , and insolent . However, I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14 The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus .
15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief .
16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy , that in me first , Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life .
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honour and glory forever and ever . Amen.
18 I commit this instruction to you , my child Timothy , according to the prophecies which were given to you before , that by them you may wage the good warfare ,
19 holding faith and a good conscience , which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith ,
20 of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they might be taught not to blaspheme.