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- Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope;
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- unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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- As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
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- neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith;
[so do I now].
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- But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:
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- from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;
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- desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.
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- But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,
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- as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
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- for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
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- according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
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- I thank him that enabled me, [even] Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to [his] service;
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- though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
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- and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
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- Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners;
of whom I am chief:
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- howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.
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- Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, [be] honor and glory forever and ever.
Amen.
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- This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;
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- holding faith and a good conscience;
which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:
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- of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander;
whom I delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
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