The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Timothy 01
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according
to the commandment of Godour Savior
and the Lord Jesus Christ† 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 urged you when I was going into
Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might
command certain men not to teach a
different doctrine,
4 and not to pay attention to myths and
endless genealogies, which cause disputes
rather than God’s stewardship, which is in
faith.
5 But the goal of this command is love
from a pure heart, a good conscience, and
sincere faith,
6 from which things some, having
missedthemark, have turnedaway to vain
talking,
7 desiring to be teachers of the law,
though they understand neither what they
say nor about what they strongly affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good if a
person uses it lawfully,
9 as knowing this, that law is not made
for a righteous person, but for the lawless
and insubordinate, for the ungodly and
sinners, for the unholy and profane, for
murderers of fathers and murderers of
mothers, for manslayers,
10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals,
for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers,
and for any other thing contrary to
the sound doctrine,
11 according to the Good News of the
glory of the blessed God, which was
committed to my trust.
12 I thank him who enabled me, Christ
Jesus our Lord, because he counted me
faithful, appointing me to service,
13 although I used to be a blasphemer,
a persecutor, and insolent. However, I
obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly
in unbelief.
14 The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly
with faith and love which is in
Christ Jesus.
15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all
acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
16 However, for this cause I obtained
mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might
display all his patience for an example of
those who were going to believe in him for
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 I commit this instruction to you, my
child Timothy, according to the prophecies
which were given to you before, that by
them you may wage the good warfare,
19 holding faith and a good conscience,
which some having thrust away made a
shipwreck concerning the faith,
20 of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander,
whom I delivered to Satan that they
might be taught not to blaspheme.