As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines,

It is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinnersof whom I am the foremost.

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

For we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of it.

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.