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3 As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines,
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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 pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which 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 But the goal of our instruction is love 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 For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion,
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Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk.
7 wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters 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 But 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 realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or 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 and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,
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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 according to the glorious gospel 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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