No Other Doctrine

As I urged you (A)when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may [a]charge some (B)that they teach no other doctrine, (C)nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith. Now (D)the purpose of the commandment is love (E)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [b]sincere faith, from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to (F)idle talk, desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:3 command
  2. 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical

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.