1 Timothy 1
Names of God Bible
Greeting
1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Yeshua by the command of God our Savior and Christ Yeshua our confidence.
2 To Timothy, a genuine child in faith.
Good will,[a] mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Yeshua our Lord are yours!
A Warning about False Teachers
3 When I was going to the province of Macedonia, I encouraged you to stay in the city of Ephesus. That way you could order certain people to stop teaching false doctrine 4 and occupying themselves with myths and endless genealogies. These myths and genealogies raise a lot of questions rather than promoting God’s plan, which centers in faith.
5 My goal in giving you this order is for love to flow from a pure heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith. 6 Some people have left these qualities behind and have turned to useless discussions. 7 They want to be experts in Moses’ Teachings. However, they don’t understand what they’re talking about or the things about which they speak so confidently.
8 We know that the laws in Moses’ Teachings are good if they are used as they were intended to be used. 9 For example, a person must realize that those laws are not intended for people who have God’s approval. Laws are intended for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who think nothing is holy or sacred, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people. 10 Laws are intended for people involved in sexual sins, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for those who lie when they take an oath, and for whatever else is against accurate teachings. 11 Moses’ Teachings were intended to be used in agreement with the Good News that contains the glory of the blessed God. I was entrusted with that Good News.
God’s Mercy to Paul
12 I thank Christ Yeshua our Lord that he has trusted me and has appointed me to do his work with the strength he has given me. 13 In the past I cursed him, persecuted him, and acted arrogantly toward him. However, I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief. 14 Our Lord was very kind[b] to me. Through his kindness he brought me to faith and gave me the love that Christ Yeshua shows people.
15 This is a statement that can be trusted and deserves complete acceptance: Christ Yeshua came into the world to save sinners, and I am the foremost sinner. 16 However, I was treated with mercy so that Christ Yeshua could use me, the foremost sinner, to demonstrate his patience. This patience serves as an example for those who would believe in him and live forever. 17 Worship and glory belong forever to the eternal king, the immortal, invisible, and only God. Amen.
Guidelines for the Church
18 Timothy, my child, I’m giving you this order about the prophecies that are still coming to you: Use these prophecies in faith and with a clear conscience to fight this noble war. 19 Some have refused to let their faith guide their conscience and their faith has been destroyed like a wrecked ship.[c] 20 Among these people are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan in order to teach them not to dishonor God.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 1:2 Or “Grace.”
- 1 Timothy 1:14 Or “gracious.”
- 1 Timothy 1:19 Verses 18 and 19 have been rearranged to express the complex Greek sentence structure more clearly in English.
1 Timothy 1
World English Bible
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ[a] 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 honor 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.
Footnotes
- 1:1 NU reads Christ Jesus and omits the Lord.
1 Timoteo 1
Magandang Balita Biblia
1 Mula kay Pablo na apostol ni Cristo Jesus ayon sa utos ng Diyos na ating Tagapagligtas at ni Cristo Jesus na ating pag-asa—
2 Kay(A) Timoteo na tunay kong anak sa pananampalataya.
Sumaiyo nawa ang kagandahang-loob, habag at kapayapaang buhat sa Diyos Ama at kay Cristo Jesus na ating Panginoon.
Babala tungkol sa Maling Katuruan
3 Gaya ng ipinakiusap ko sa iyo bago ako pumunta sa Macedonia, nais kong manatili ka sa Efeso upang utusan mo ang ilang tao diyan na huwag magturo ng maling aral, 4 at huwag nilang pag-aksayahan ng panahon ang mga alamat at mahahabang talaan ng mga angkan. Iyan ay pinagmumulan lamang ng mga pagtatalo at hindi nakakatulong sa tao upang matupad ang plano ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya. 5 Ang layunin ng tagubiling ito ay upang magkaroon kayo ng pag-ibig na nagmumula sa pusong dalisay, malinis na budhi at tapat na pananampalataya. 6 May ilang tumalikod sa mga bagay na ito at nalulong sa walang kabuluhang talakayan. 7 Nais nilang maging tagapagturo ng kautusan gayong hindi naman nila nauunawaan ang kanilang sinasabi at ang kanilang mga itinuturo nang may buong tiwala sa sarili.
8 Alam naman nating ang Kautusan ay mabuti kung ginagamit sa tamang paraan. 9 Alalahanin nating ang Kautusan ay hindi ginawa para sa mabubuting tao, kundi para sa mga walang kinikilalang batas at mga kriminal, para sa mga hindi kumikilala sa Diyos at sa mga makasalanan, para sa mga lapastangan sa Diyos at walang hilig sa kabanalan, para sa mga mamamatay-tao at pumapatay ng sariling ama o ina. 10 Ibinigay rin ang Kautusan para sa mga mahihilig sa kahalayan at nakikipagtalik sa kapwa lalaki, para sa mga kidnaper, para sa mga sinungaling at sa mga bulaang saksi. Ang Kautusan ay ibinigay para sa lahat ng mga sumasalungat sa mabuting aral. 11 Ang aral na ito'y ayon sa Magandang Balita na ipinagkatiwala sa akin ng maluwalhati
at mapagpalang Diyos.
Pagkilala sa Habag ng Diyos
12 Nagpapasalamat ako sa ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo na nagbibigay sa akin ng lakas, dahil itinuring niya akong karapat-dapat na maglingkod sa kanya, 13 kahit(B) na noong una'y nilapastangan, inusig at nilait ko siya. Sa kabila nito'y nahabag sa akin ang Diyos sapagkat hindi ko nalalaman ang aking ginagawa noong ako'y hindi pa sumasampalataya. 14 Pinasagana sa akin ang kagandahang-loob ng ating Panginoon at ipinagkaloob niya sa akin ang pananampalataya at pag-ibig na natatagpuan sa ating pakikipag-isa kay Cristo Jesus. 15 Totoo ang pahayag na ito at dapat paniwalaan ng lahat: Si Cristo Jesus ay dumating sa sanlibutan upang iligtas ang mga makasalanan. At ako ang pinakamasama sa kanila. 16 Ngunit akong pinakamasama ay kinahabagan, upang ipakita ni Cristo Jesus sa pamamagitan ko, ang kanyang lubos na pagtitiyaga, at upang ito'y maging halimbawa sa mga sasampalataya at bibigyan ng buhay na walang hanggan.
17 Purihin natin at luwalhatiin magpakailanman ang iisang Diyos, Haring walang hanggan, walang kamatayan at di-nakikita! Amen.
18 Timoteo, anak ko, ang mga bagay na ito'y itinatagubilin ko sa iyo ayon sa mga pahayag na sinabi tungkol sa iyo upang sa pamamagitan ng mga ito ay makipaglaban kang mabuti, 19 taglay ang matibay na pananampalataya at malinis na budhi. May mga taong hindi sumunod sa kanilang budhi, at dahil dito, ang pananampalataya nila ay natulad sa isang barkong nawasak. 20 Kabilang sa mga iyon sina Himeneo at Alejandro, na ipinaubaya ko na sa kapangyarihan ni Satanas upang turuan silang huwag lumapastangan sa Diyos.
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