1 Timothy 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

Paul, the apostle of Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Jesus Christ our hope;

2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

to Timothy, my beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

3 As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines

As I exhorted you to remain in Ephesus, I going into Macedonia, in order that you may command certain ones not to teach heterodoxy,

4 or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which present questions, rather than the economy of God which is in faith:

5 The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

but the end of the commandment is divine love out of a clean heart and a good conscience and faith free from hypocrisy:

6 Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.

from which certain ones having deflected have gone out into empty talking,

7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.

wishing to be teachers of the law, not knowing either what they are saying, or concerning what things they do affirm.

8 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

But we know that the law is good, if any one may use it lawfully;

9 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

knowing this, that the law is not made for the righteous, but for the unrighteous and disorderly, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and the profane, for patricides, matricides and homocides,

10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

for fornicators, for Sodomites, for kidnapers, for liars, for perjurers, and if any thing else is opposed to healthy teaching;

11 that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted.

12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord, the one having filled me up with dynamite, because he considered me faithful, having put me in the ministry;

13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

being antecedently a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insulter: but I obtained mercy, because I did it in unbelief being ignorant;

14 And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

but the grace of our Lord with faith and the divine love which is in Christ Jesus superabounded.

15 This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

16 But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

but on this account I obtained mercy, in order that Jesus Christ might in me the chief show forth all longsuffering, for an example of those about to believe on him unto eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)

But to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, be honor and glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)

18 Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,

This charge I commit unto you, O child Timothy, according to the prophecies that went before on you, that you may war a beautiful warfare in the same;

19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.

having faith and a good conscience; which some having cast away have made shipwreck concerning the faith;

20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.