1 Timothy 1

¹Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and of Christ Jesus our hope:

²To Timothee his beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

³As I desired thee to remain at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou shouldest denounce to certain not to teach otherwise,

⁴nor to attend to fables and genealogies having no end: which minister questions rather than the edifying of God which is in faith.

⁵But the end of the precept is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and a faith not feigned.

⁶From the which things certain straying, are turned into vain-talk,

⁷desirous to be doctors of the Law, not understanding neither what things they speak, nor of what they affirm.

⁸But we know that the Law is good, if a man use it lawfully:

⁹knowing this, that the Law is not made to the just man, but to the unjust, & disobedient, to the impious & sinners, to the wicked & contaminate, to killers of fathers & killers of mothers, to murderers,

¹⁰to fornicators, to liers with mankind, to man-stealers, to liars, to perjured persons, and what other thing soever is contrary to sound doctrine,

¹¹which is according to the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which is committed to me.

¹²I give him thanks which hath strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he hath esteemed me faithful, putting me in the ministry.

¹³Who before was blasphemous and a persecutor and contumelious. But I obtained the mercy of God, because I did it being ignorant in incredulity.

¹⁴And the grace of our Lord over-abounded with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief.

¹⁶But therefore have I obtained mercy: that in me first of all Christ Jesus might shew all patience, to the information of them that shall believe on him unto life everlasting.

¹⁷And to the King of the worlds, immortal, invisible, only God, honour & glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁸This precept I commend to thee, o Timothee: according to the prophecies going before on thee, that thou war in them a good warfare,

¹⁹having faith and a good conscience, which certain repelling have made shipwreck about the faith.

²⁰Of whom is Hymenæus & Alexander: whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.