The Bible
1 Timothy Chapter 1
1Paul, an ambassador of AnointedOne Jesus according to the order of God our Savior, and AnointedOne Jesus our hope; 2to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and AnointedOne Jesus our Lord.
3As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine, 4neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith - 5but the goal of this command is selfless-love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith, 6from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking, 7desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
8But we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 9as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and shortcomers, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10for the sexually-immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine, 11according to the Good News of the glory of the happier God, which was committed to my trust.
12I thank him who enabled me, AnointedOne Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service; 13although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and selfless-love which is in AnointedOne Jesus. 15The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that AnointedOne Jesus came into the world to save shortcomers, of whom I am chief. 16However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus AnointedOne might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life. 17Now to the King eternal, permanent, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Absolutely.
18I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith, 20of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
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