1 Timothy 1:3-7

New Century Version

Warning Against False Teaching

³ I asked you to stay longer in Ephesus when I went into Macedonia so you could command some people there to stop teaching false things. ⁴ Tell them not to spend their time on stories that are not true and on long lists of names in family histories. These things only bring arguments; they do not help God’s work, which is done in faith. ⁵ The purpose of this command is for people to have love, a love that comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a true faith. ⁶ Some people have missed these things and turned to useless talk. ⁷ They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand either what they are talking about or what they are sure about.