1 Timothy

WPNT^{(i) 1} Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the command of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope, ² to Timothy, true son in faith: Grace, mercy, peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. ³ You recall that I urged you to remain in Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, in order that you should command certain persons to stop teaching a different doctrine ⁴ and occupying themselves with myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than the godly edification which is by faith. ⁵ Now the goal of that command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith; ⁶ some having strayed from these have been turned aside to empty talk, ⁷ desiring to be teachers of the law, not understanding either what they say or the things that they affirm. ⁸ Now we know that the law is good if one uses it correctly, ⁹ knowing that law is not made for a righteous person but for lawless and rebellious ones, for ungodly and sinners, for unholy and profane, for patricides and matricides, for murderers, ¹⁰ for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine ¹¹ as defined by the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted. ¹² I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who enables me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into a ministry; ¹³ I, who was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and arrogant; but I was shown mercy, because being ignorant I did it in unbelief; ¹⁴ the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Here is a trustworthy word, worthy of total acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am chief; ¹⁶ precisely for this reason I was shown mercy, that in me, the ‘chief’, Jesus Christ might display all his forbearance, as an example for those who are going to rely on Him into eternal life. ¹⁷ Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. ¹⁸ Son Timothy, I am giving you this charge in accordance with the prophecies about you that lead the way, that in them you may wage the good warfare, ¹⁹ holding on to faith and a good conscience (which some having rejected have suffered shipwreck concerning the faith; ²⁰ of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander—whom I have handed over to Satan that they may be taught not to blaspheme).