1 Timothy 1:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 to Timothy, my true child in faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.(A)
II. Sound Teaching
Warning Against False Doctrine. 3 [a]I repeat the request I made of you when I was on my way to Macedonia,(B) that you stay in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach false doctrines 4 [b]or to concern themselves with myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the plan of God that is to be received by faith.(C)
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- 1:3–7 Here Timothy’s initial task in Ephesus (cf. Acts 20:17–35) is outlined: to suppress the idle religious speculations, probably about Old Testament figures (1 Tm 1:3–4, but see note on 1 Tm 6:20–21), which do not contribute to the development of love within the community (1 Tm 1:5) but rather encourage similar useless conjectures (1 Tm 1:6–7).
- 1:4 The plan of God that is to be received by faith: the Greek may also possibly mean “God’s trustworthy plan” or “the training in faith that God requires.”
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