1 Timothy 1 — Legacy Standard Bible

Instructions in Doctrine and Living

1Paul, ^aan apostle of ^bChrist Jesus ^caccording to the commandment of ^dGod our Savior, and of ^eChrist Jesus, our ^fhope,

²To ^aTimothy, ^bmy genuine child in the faith: ^cGrace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and ^dChrist Jesus our Lord.

³As I exhorted you when going to ^aMacedonia, ¹remain on at ^bEphesus so that you may command certain ones not to ^cteach a different doctrine, ⁴nor to ¹pay attention to ^amyths and endless ^bgenealogies, which give rise to mere ^cspeculation rather than furthering ^dthe stewardship from God which is by faith. ⁵But the goal of our ^acommand is love ^bfrom a pure heart and a ^cgood conscience and an unhypocritical ^dfaith. ⁶For some, straying from these things, have turned aside to ^afruitless discussion, ⁷^awanting to be ^bteachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

⁸But we know that ^athe Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, ⁹knowing this, that ^alaw is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and ^brebellious, for the ^cungodly and sinners, for the unholy and ^dgodless, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, ¹⁰for ^asexually immoral persons, for ^bhomosexuals, for ^ckidnappers, for ^dliars, for ^eperjurers, and whatever else is contrary to ^fsound teaching, ¹¹according to ^athe gospel of the glory of ^bthe blessed God, with which I have been ^centrusted.

¹²I am grateful to ^aChrist Jesus our Lord, who has ^bstrengthened me, because He regarded me faithful, ^cputting me into service, ¹³even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a ^apersecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was ^bshown mercy because ^cI acted ignorantly in unbelief; ¹⁴and the ^agrace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the ^bfaith and love which are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵^aIt is a trustworthy saying and deserving full acceptance: that ^bChrist Jesus came into the world to ^csave sinners, among whom ^dI am foremost. ¹⁶Yet for this reason I ^awas shown mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Christ Jesus might ^bdemonstrate all His patience as an example for those ¹who are going to believe upon Him for eternal life. ¹⁷Now to the ^aKing of the ¹ages, ^bimmortal, ^cinvisible, the ^donly God, ^ebe honor and glory ²forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁸This ^acommand I entrust to you, Timothy, ^bmy child, in accordance with the ^cprophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may ^dfight the good fight, ¹⁹keeping ^afaith and a good conscience, which some, having rejected, suffered shipwreck in regard to ¹^,^btheir faith. ²⁰¹Among these are ^aHymenaeus and ^bAlexander, whom I have ^chanded over to Satan, so that they will be ^dtaught not to blaspheme.