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1 Timothy 1:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Timothy 1:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith:[a]
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Warning against False Teachers
3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedo′nia, remain at Ephesus that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, 4 nor to occupy themselves with myths and endless genealogies[b] which promote speculations rather than the divine training[c] that is in faith;
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- 1.2 Timothy, son of a Greek father and a Jewish mother, was already a Christian when Paul met him (Acts 16.1). A close association ensued.
- 1.4 myths and endless genealogies: A reference to the Jewish legends and spurious pedigrees added by false Judaizers to the Biblical narratives; cf. the Book of Jubilees.
- 1 Timothy 1:4 Or stewardship, or order
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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