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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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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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But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion,
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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.