New Testament · Letters
1 Timothy chapter 1
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From Paul, an of Jesus — appointed by the authority of God our and Jesus The One, the one we’re —To Timothy, my in the we share: , , and to you from God the Father and Jesus The One, our leader.Just as I urged you when I left for Macedonia — stay in and tell certain people to stop .Tell them to stop obsessing over and . Those things only fuel speculation — they don’t advance , which works through .The whole point of what I’m telling you is — the kind that flows from a , a , and .Some people have from these things and gotten lost in .They want to be , but they don’t even understand what they’re saying or the things they’re so confident about.Now, we know the is good — if someone uses it .We also know that the law wasn’t designed for people who are already — it’s for those who break the rules and , for the ungodly and those who , for those who would kill their own father or mother, for murderers,for the , for , for , for liars, for those who break their word under oath — and for anything else that goes against the that lines up with the about the of God — the one and only God who deserves all honor — which he to me.I’m grateful to Jesus The One, our , who gave me the strength for this. He considered me and put me into —even though I used to , persecute his people, and act with . But I received because I did it out of ignorance and .But the of our leader beyond anything I could have imagined, along with the trust and love that come through being connected to Jesus The One.Here’s : Jesus The One came into the world to those who have — and I failed worse than anyone.But that’s exactly why I received mercy — so that Jesus The One could use me, the , as a demonstration of his . I’m an example for everyone who would later put their trust in him and receive .Now to the — , who can’t be destroyed, the only God — all honor and glory forever and ever. .Timothy, my child — here’s the I’m giving you, in line with the earlier: use them as fuel to ,holding on to trust and a clear conscience. Some people have and their trust has been . and are two of them — I’ve so they’ll learn not to .