2. To Timothy, his beloved son in faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. As I desired thee to remain at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some not to teach otherwise,
4. Not to give heed to fables and endless genealogies: which furnish questions rather than the edification of God, which is in faith.
5. Now the end of the commandment is charity, from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.
6. From which things some going astray, are turned aside unto vain babbling:
7. Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither the things they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8. But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully: