1 Timothy 1:1-12

Revised Geneva Translation

1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the Commandment of God our Savior, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, our hope,

² To Timothy, my natural son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

³ As I urged you when I departed into Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you may charge some to teach no other doctrine,

⁴ or to consider fables and endless genealogies (which breed questions rather than godly edifying, which is by faith).

⁵ For the purpose of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience, and faith without hypocrisy.

⁶ Some have erred from such things and have turned to mindless twaddle.

⁷ They wish to be teachers of the Law and yet do not understand what they say or the things they affirm.

⁸ And we know that the Law is good if one uses it lawfully,

⁹ knowing this: that the Law is not given for the righteous, but for the lawless and disobedient; for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for killers of fathers and mothers, for murderers,

¹⁰ for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and anything else contrary to wholesome doctrine,

¹¹ according to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God which was entrusted to me.

¹² Therefore, I thank Him Who has made me strong - Christ Jesus our Lord. For He counted me faithful and put me in His service