1. From Paul, who is an apostle of Jesus Christ by the command of God our savior and of Christ Jesus our hope.
2. To Timothy, my true child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. When I left for Macedonia, I asked you to stay behind in Ephesus so that you could instruct certain individuals not to spread wrong teaching.
4. They shouldn’t pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. Their teaching only causes useless guessing games instead of faithfulness to God’s way of doing things.
5. The goal of instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
6. Because they missed this goal, some people have been distracted by talk that doesn’t mean anything.
7. They want to be teachers of Law without understanding either what they are saying or what they are talking about with such confidence.
8. Now we know that the Law is good if used appropriately.