1 Timothy 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the appointment of God our Saviour, and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope; Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is by Christ Jesus;

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the appointment of God our Saviour, and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope; Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is by Christ Jesus; ² to Timothy, my genuine son by belief, be favour, mercy, peace from God our father and Christ Jesus our Lord. ³ As I entreated thee, when I was going to Macedonia, to continue at Ephesus; that thou mightest charge certain persons not to teach a different doctrine, ⁴ nor pay attention to fables and endless genealogies, which rather promote disputes than the godly edification, which is by faith: ⁵ Now the end of that charge is love, from a pure heart, and good conscience, and an unfeigned belief; ⁶ from which some having swerved, have turned aside to vain discourse, ⁷ desiring to be teachers of the law. not understanding what they say, nor about what they are so positive. ⁸ We know indeed that the law is good, if one use it as a law, ⁹ considering this, that law is not enacted for a righteous man, but for the lawless and refractory; for the impious and sinful; for the immoral and profane; for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers; for homicides, ¹⁰ fornicators, sodomites, enslavers of men, liars, perjured persons, and whatever else is contrary to the wholesome doctrine ¹¹ according to the glorious glad tidings of the blessed God with which I have been intrusted, ¹² and am thankful to Christ Jesus our Lord who qualified me; for his counting me faithful, putting into office me ¹³ who was before a reviler, and a persecutor, and an outrageous offender: but I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly, in unbelief. ¹⁴ And this favour of our Lord superabounded with faith and love which is by Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ This is a faithful word and worthy of all acceptation, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am a chief; ¹⁶ but I obtained mercy for this purpose, that Jesus Christ might display the utmost forbearance in me, a chief, for an example to them who should afterwards trust in him for everlasting life. ¹⁷ Now to the king of the ages; the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, be honour and glory, for the ages of the ages. Amen. ¹⁸ This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy, according to the preceding gifts of prophesying conferred on thee, that by them thou mayst carry on this good warfare, ¹⁹ having faith and a good conscience, which last some having discarded, they have, in respect to the faith, suffered shipwreck, ²⁰ of which number are Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered over to satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.