Greetings from Paul

This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to proclaim faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives.

This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began.

They must be silenced, because they are turning whole families away from the truth by their false teaching. And they do it only for money.

They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands of people who have turned away from the truth.

Teach the truth so that your teaching can’t be criticized. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us.

For people like that have turned away from the truth, and their own sins condemn them.