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

³ As I begged you when I was setting out for Macedonia, stay where you are at Ephesus, and instruct certain individuals there not to be teaching heterodoxy, ⁴ nor to be paying attention to myths and interminable genealogies, which tend to promote discussions rather than a stewardship entrusted by God, a stewardship which is in faith. ⁵ Now the end of the exhortation is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and an undissembled faith. ⁶ Some have failed here, and have turned aside to empty argument. ⁷ Although they desire to be teachers of the law, they understand neither the words they use nor the subjects they talk about. ⁸ I know well that "the Law is good" if a man use it lawfully; ⁹ but he must remember that the Law is not enacted for a good man, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the irreligious and sinful, for the godless and profane, for parricides and murderers, ¹⁰ for the immoral, for sexual perverts, for slave dealers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, ¹¹ as laid down in the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been entrusted to me.