1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope;

1:2 unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

1:3 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,

1:4 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].

1:5 But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

1:6 from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;

1:7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

1:9 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,

1:10 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;

1:11 according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

1:12 I thank him that enabled me, [even] Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to [his] service;

1:13 though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

1:14 and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

1:15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

1:16 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.

1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, [be] honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1:18 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;

1:19 holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith: