1Timothy:1:3-11

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* As I begged you when I was setting out for Macedonia , stay where you are at Ephesus , and instruct certain individuals there not to be teaching heterodoxy , * nor to be paying attention to myths and interminable genealogies , which tend to promote discussions rather than a stewardship entrusted by God , a stewardship which is in faith . * Now the end of the exhortation is love , out of a pure heart and a good conscience and an undissembled faith . * Some have failed here , and have turned aside to empty argument . * Although they desire to be teachers of the law , they understand neither the words they use nor the subjects they talk about . * I know well that "the Law is good " if a man use it lawfully ; * but he must remember that the Law is not enacted for a good man , but for the lawless and rebellious , for the irreligious and sinful , for the godless and profane , for parricides and murderers , * for the immoral , for sexual perverts , for slave dealers , liars , perjurers , and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching , * as laid down in the glorious gospel of the blessed God , which has been entrusted to me .

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