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As I besought thee when I went into Macedonia to abide still at Ephesus, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which promote questions rather than godly edifying in the faith, so do!

Now the aim of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, with a good conscience and with faith unfeigned,

from which some have swerved and have turned aside unto vain jangling,

desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm.

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As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine, neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a [a]dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now. But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned: from which things some having [b]swerved have turned aside unto vain talking; desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:4 Or, stewardship. See 1 Cor. 9:17.
  2. 1 Timothy 1:6 Greek missed the mark. 6:21; 2 Tim. 2:18.