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3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine,
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As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer
4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
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or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith.
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,
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Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk.
7 desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
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They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.
8 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully,
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We know that the law is good if one uses it properly.
9 understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
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We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
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for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
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that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.
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