1 Timothy 1:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ You needed to warn them to stop wasting their time on senseless stories and endless lists of ancestors. Such things only cause arguments. They don't help anyone to do God's work that can only be done by faith.

⁵ You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith. ⁶ There are some who have given up these for nothing but empty talk.