Paul’s First Letter to Timothy

Chapters:

1 2 3 4 5 6

verse #1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

verse #2

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

verse #3

As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

verse #4

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith.

verse #5

But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith,

verse #6

from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking,

verse #7

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm.

verse #8

But we know that the law is good if a person uses it lawfully,

verse #9

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

verse #10

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

verse #11

according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

verse #12

I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service,

verse #13

although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

verse #14

The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

verse #15

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

verse #16

However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

verse #17

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

verse #18

I 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,

verse #19

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith,

verse #20

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

Chapters:

1 2 3 4 5 6