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\v 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our confidence
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\v 2 —to Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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\v 3 As I urged you to do when I was leaving for Macedonia, remain in Ephesus so that you can command certain people not to teach a different doctrine.
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\v 4 Neither should they pay attention to stories and endless genealogies, which cause arguments rather than helping the plan of God, which is by faith.
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\v 5 But the goal of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from a sincere faith.
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\v 6 Some people have strayed and turned away from these things to foolish talk.
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\v 7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they say or what they insist on.
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\v 8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully.
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\v 9 And we know this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for a lawless and rebellious people, for ungodly people and sinners, and for those who are godless and profane. It is made for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
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\v 10 for sexually immoral people, for homosexuals, for those who kidnap people for slaves, for liars, for false witnesses, and for whatever else is against faithful instruction.
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\v 11 This instruction is according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
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\v 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who strengthened me, for he considered me faithful and placed me into service.
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\v 13 I am a former blasphemer, persecutor and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief.
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\v 14 But the grace of our Lord overflowed with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.
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\v 15 This message is reliable and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of these.
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\v 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the foremost, Christ Jesus might demonstrate all patience. This would be an example for those who would trust in him for eternal life.
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\v 17 Now to the king of the ages, the immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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\v 18 I am placing this command before you, Timothy, my child. I am doing this in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, so that you might engage in the good fight.
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\v 19 Do this so that you may have faith and a good conscience. Some people have rejected these and have been shipwrecked in respect to the faith.
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\v 20 Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I gave over to Satan so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.
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