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II. Sound Teaching

Warning Against False Doctrine. [a]I repeat the request I made of you when I was on my way to Macedonia,(A) that you stay in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach false doctrines [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.(B) The aim of this instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 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).
  2. 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.”