| 1 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus 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 | neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith--{1:5} but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith; |
| 6 | from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside 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 man uses it lawfully, |
| 9 | as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, 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 | And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service; |
| 13 | although I was before 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 honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. |
| 18 | This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, 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 is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme. |
