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3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia--remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other 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 give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in 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 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from 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 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,
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Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk.
7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.
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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 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
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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 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that 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 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
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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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