1 Timothy 1:3-5

Worldwide English (New Testament)

³ When I went to the country of Macedonia, I asked you to stay in the city of Ephesus. I wanted you to tell some of the teachers not to teach wrong things.

⁴ Tell them not to use stories that are not true, and long histories of names. These things often make people quarrel. These things do not make people believe and follow God's way.

⁵ Here is what teachers should aim at. God's people should love each other with a love which comes from a clean heart, a clear mind, and true faith.