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1 Timothy 1

Misleadings in Doctrine and Living

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Paul,  aan apostle of  bChrist Jesus  caccording to the commandment of  cGod our Savior, and of  bChrist Jesus, who is our  dhope,

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To  aTimothy,  amy true child in the faith:  bGrace, mercy and peace from God the Father and  cChrist Jesus our Lord.

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As I urged you  1upon my departure for  aMacedonia,  2remain on at  bEphesus so that you may instruct certain men not to  cteach strange doctrines,

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nor to  1pay attention to  amyths and endless  bgenealogies, which give rise to mere  cspeculation rather than  dfurthering  2the administration of God which is by faith.

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But the goal of our  1 ainstruction is love  bfrom a pure heart and a  cgood conscience and a sincere  dfaith.

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For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to  afruitless discussion,

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 awanting to be  bteachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

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But we know that  athe Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

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realizing the fact that  alaw is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and  brebellious, for the  cungodly and sinners, for the unholy and  dprofane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers

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 1and  2 aimmoral men  1and  bhomosexuals  1and  ckidnappers  1and  dliars  1and  eperjurers, and whatever else is contrary to  fsound teaching,

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according to  athe glorious gospel of  bthe blessed God, with which I have been  centrusted.

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I thank  aChrist Jesus our Lord, who has  bstrengthened me, because He considered me faithful,  cputting me into service,

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even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a  apersecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was  bshown mercy because  cI acted ignorantly in unbelief;

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and the  agrace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the  bfaith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.

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 aIt is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that  bChrist Jesus came into the world to  csave sinners, among whom  dI am foremost of all.

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Yet for this reason I  afound mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might  bdemonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those  1who would believe in Him for eternal life.

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Now to the  aKing  1eternal,  bimmortal,  cinvisible, the  donly God,  ebe honor and glory  2forever and ever. Amen.

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This  acommand I entrust to you, Timothy,  bmy  1son, in accordance with the  cprophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you  dfight the good fight,

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keeping  afaith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to  1 btheir faith.

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 1Among these are  aHymenaeus and  bAlexander, whom I have  chanded over to Satan, so that they will be  dtaught not to blaspheme.



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