If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,

As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to spread false teachings,

O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called “knowledge.”

sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers – in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle – I am telling the truth; I am not lying – and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.