First Letter to Timothy

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

As I exhorted you to stay at Ephesus when I was going into Macedonia, that you might charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith --

but the end of the charge is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;