1 Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the command of God our Saviour, and of Christ Jesus our hope,
2 to Timotheus, my true child in faith: grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 Even as I begged thee to remain in Ephesus, when I was going to Macedonia, that thou mightest enjoin some not to teach other doctrines,
4 nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than further God's dispensation, which is in faith.
5 But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;