2 to Timothy, my true child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 Just as I urged you when I traveled to Macedonia, remain in Ephesus, so that you may instruct certain people not to teach other doctrine,
4 and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause useless speculations rather than God’s plan that is by faith.
5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a faith without hypocrisy,
6 from which some have deviated, and have turned away into fruitless discussion,
7 wanting to be teachers of the law, although they do not understand either the things which they are saying or the things concerning which they are speaking confidently.
8 But we know that the law is good, if anyone makes use of it lawfully,