Translation:1 Timothy

Chapter 1

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to command of God, savior of us and Christ Jesus, the hope of us ² to Timothy, my true child in the faith, grace, mercy and peace from God, the father and Christ Jesus, the Lord of us.³ As I urged you to remain in Ephesus when I was going to Macedonia, so that you might warn some men not to teach other doctrines,⁴nor to heed myths and genealogies endless, which speculations bring rather than stewardship of God, which is in faith. ⁵And the aim of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a conscience good and a faith sincere,⁶From some, missing the mark, turn to vain talk,⁷wishing to be teachers of the law, not understanding neither what they say nor about what they avow.⁸We know now that valuable is the law if someone uses it lawfully,⁹ Know this, that for a righteous one law is not set, for wicked however and insubordinate, for ungodly and sinful, for unholy and profane, for father-slayers and mother-slayers, for murderers,¹for fornicators, homosexuals, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and anything else, the sound teaching opposes