1 Timothy 1:3-11 - Instructions For Timothy In Ephesus

³ As I urged thee, while going to Macedonia, remain in Ephesis, so that thou might command certain men not to teach something different, ⁴ nor to heed myths and endless genealogies, which cause controversies rather than stewardship of God in faith. ⁵ But the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and non-hypocritical faith. ⁶ From which some having swerved have turned aside to empty talk, ⁷ desiring to be law teachers, understanding neither what they say, nor about what they confidently assert. ⁸ But we know that the law is good, if any man uses it lawfully, ⁹ knowing this, that law is not laid down for righteous men, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the irreverent and sinful, for the impious and profane, for father killers and mother killers, for man killers, ¹⁰ for fornicators, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine ¹¹ according to the good-news of the glory of the blessed God, of which I was entrusted.