📖WEB · 1 Timothy 1:3
What does 1 Timothy 1:3 mean?
"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,"
— 1 Timothy 1:3 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope;
to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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,
and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—
but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;
from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking;
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