1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God, our Savior, and Christ Jesus, our hope;
2 to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord.
3 As I exhorted you to stay at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that you might charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
4 neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God`s stewardship, which is in faith --
5 But the end of the charge is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;
6 from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;
7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
