They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.

For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan that operates by faith.

I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight.