📖WEB · 1 Timothy 1:5

What does 1 Timothy 1:5 mean?

"but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;"

— 1 Timothy 1:5 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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

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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,

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

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but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

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

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

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

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