1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus our hope:
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:
9. Knowing this, that the law is not made for the just man, but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly, and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,