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,

according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

Adam wasn't deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.