1 Timothy 1:3-5

Contemporary English Version

Warning against False Teaching

³ When I was leaving for Macedonia, I asked you to stay on in Ephesus and warn certain people there to stop spreading their false teachings. ⁴ You needed to warn them to stop wasting their time on senseless stories and endless lists of ancestors. Such things only cause arguments. They don't help anyone to do God's work that can only be done by faith.

⁵ You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith.