1 Timothy 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

At

Acts 19:1

When

Acts 20:1

Philippians 2:24

Charge

General references

1 Timothy 5:7

Bible References

At

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland districts of Roman Asia, and went to Ephesus. There he found some disciples, of whom he asked:

When

When the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and, with encouraging words, bade them goodbye, and started on his journey to Macedonia.

And I am confident, as one who trusts in the Lord Jesus, that before long I myself shall follow.

Charge

Put all this before the Brethren, and you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, sustained by the precepts of the Faith and of that Good Teaching by which you have guided your life.

Those are the points on which you should dwell, that there may be no call for your censure.

Any one who teaches otherwise, and refuses his assent to sound instruction--the instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ--and to the teaching of religion,

I am astonished at your so soon deserting him, who called you through the love of Christ, for a different 'Good News,'

Then we shall no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching, through the trickery and the craftiness of men, towards the snares of error;

Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him--

who holds doctrine that can be relied on as being in accordance with the accepted Teaching; so that he may be able to encourage others by sound teaching, as well as to refute our opponents.

I say this because many impostors have left us to go into the world--men who do not acknowledge Jesus as Christ come in our human nature. It is that which marks a man as an impostor and an anti-Christ.

To the Angel of the Church in Ephesus write:-- "These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, and walks among the seven golden lamps:--

General references

Those are the points on which you should dwell, that there may be no call for your censure.