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.