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2nd Thessalonians 3

## The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy

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| # Chapter 1
#### 1 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God, our Savior, and Christ Jesus, our hope;
#### 2 | to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord.
#### 3 | As I exhorted you to stay at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that you might charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
#### 4 | neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith --
#### 5 | But the end of the charge is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;
#### 6 | from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;
#### 7 | desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
#### 8 | But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,
#### 9 | as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, 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,
#### 10 | for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
#### 11 | according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
#### 12 | And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus, our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;
#### 13 | although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
#### 14 | The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
#### 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.
#### 16 | However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him to eternal life.
#### 17 | Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
#### 18 | This charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;
#### 19 | holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;
#### 20 | of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

1st Timothy 2

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