³ Just as I urged you ^[a]upon my departure for ^(A)Macedonia, to remain on at ^(B)Ephesus so that you would instruct certain people not to ^(C)teach strange doctrines, ⁴ nor to ^[b]pay attention to ^(D)myths and endless ^(E)genealogies, which give rise to useless ^(F)speculation rather than ^(G)advance ^[c]the plan of God, which is by faith, so I urge you now. ⁵ But the goal of our ^[d](H)instruction is love ^(I)from a pure heart, from a ^(J)good conscience, and from a sincere ^(K)faith. ⁶ Some people have strayed from these things and have turned aside to ^(L)fruitless discussion, ^7 (M)wanting to be ^(N)teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

⁸ But we know that ^(O)the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, ⁹ realizing the fact that ^(P)law is not made for a righteous person but for those who are lawless and ^(Q)rebellious, for the ^(R)ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and ^(S)worldly, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, ¹⁰ for the ^[e](T)sexually immoral, ^(U)homosexuals, ^[f](V)slave traders, ^(W)liars, ^(X)perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to ^(Y)sound teaching, ¹¹ according to ^(Z)the glorious gospel of ^(AA)the blessed God, with which I have been ^(AB)entrusted.