1:3 As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus 1 to instruct 2 certain people not to spread false teachings, 3 1:4 nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. 4 Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan 5 that operates by faith.
1:18 I put this charge 6 before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, 7 in order that with such encouragement 8 you may fight the good fight.