1 Timothy 1:1-8 (Bible in Basic English)
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Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;
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To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,
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Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;
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But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
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From which some have been turned away, giving themselves to foolish talking;
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Desiring to be teachers of the law, though they have no knowledge of what they say or of the statements which they make so certainly.
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We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it,
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