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

³ As I asked you to do when I was on my way to Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus in order to warn certain people there not to teach strange views ⁴ nor to devote themselves to fictions and interminable pedigrees; such things lead to controversy instead of the divine system which operates through faith. ⁵ The aim of your instruction must be love that springs from a pure heart and from a good conscience and from a sincere faith. ⁶ Some people have failed in these things and been diverted into fruitless talk. ⁷ They would like to be teachers of law although they do not understand the words they use or the matters they insist upon. ⁸ I agree that the Law is excellent??rovided it is legitimately used, ⁹ with the understanding that law is not intended for upright men but for the lawless and disorderly, the godless and irreligious, the irreverent and profane, men who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers, ¹⁰ immoral people, men sexually perverted, kidnapers, liars, perjurers, or whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, ¹¹ as set forth in the glorious good news of the blessed God with which I have been intrusted.