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Greeting
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope,
2To Timothy, a ⚓true son in the faith:
⚓Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
No Other Doctrine
3As I urged you ⚓when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some ⚓that they teach no other doctrine,
4⚓nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.
5Now ⚓the purpose of the commandment is love ⚓from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
6from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to ⚓idle talk,
7desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.
8But we know that the law is⚓good if one uses it lawfully,
9knowing 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,
10for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
11according to the glorious gospel of the ⚓blessed God which was ⚓committed to my trust.
Glory to God for His Grace
12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has ⚓enabled me, ⚓because He counted me faithful, ⚓putting me into the ministry,
13although ⚓I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because ⚓I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14⚓And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, ⚓with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
15⚓This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that ⚓Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
16However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
17Now to ⚓the King eternal, ⚓immortal, ⚓invisible, to God ⚓who alone is wise, ⚓be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Fight the Good Fight
18This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,
19having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,
20of whom are ⚓Hymenaeus and ⚓Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to ⚓blaspheme.
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問候
1奉我們的救主上帝，和我們的盼望基督耶穌的命令，作基督耶穌使徒的保羅，
2寫信給那因信主作我真兒子的提摩太。願恩惠、憐憫、平安⚓從父上帝和我們主基督耶穌歸給你！
警告虛偽的教義
3我往馬其頓去的時候，曾勸你留在以弗所，好囑咐某些人不可傳別的教義，
4也不要聽從無稽的傳說和冗長的家譜；這樣的事只會引起爭論，無助於上帝的計劃，這計劃是憑着信才能了解的。
5但命令的目的就是愛；這愛是出於清潔的心、無愧的良心和無偽的信心。
6有人偏離了這些而轉向空談，
7想要作律法教師，卻不明白自己所講的是甚麼，也不知道所主張的是甚麼。
8我們知道，只要人善用律法，律法是好的；
9因為知道律法不是為義人訂立的，而是為不法和叛逆的，不虔誠和犯罪的，不聖潔和戀世俗的，弒父母和殺人的，
10犯淫亂和親男色的，拐賣人口和說謊話的，並起假誓的，或是為任何違背健全教義的事訂立的。
11這是按照可稱頌、榮耀之上帝交託我的福音說的。
感謝上帝的憐憫
12我感謝那賜給我力量的我們的主基督耶穌，因為他認為我可信任，派我服事他。
13我從前是褻瀆、迫害、侮慢上帝的人；然而我還蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信、不明白的時候做的。
14而且我們的主的恩典格外豐盛，使我在基督耶穌裏有信心和愛心。
15這話可信，值得完全接受：「基督耶穌到世上來是要拯救罪人」，而在罪人中我是個罪魁。
16然而，我蒙了憐憫，好讓基督耶穌在我這罪魁身上顯明他完全的忍耐，給後來信他得永生的人做榜樣。
17願尊貴、榮耀歸給永世的君王，那不朽壞、看不見、獨一的上帝，直到永永遠遠。阿們！
18我兒提摩太啊，我照從前指着你的預言把這命令交託你，使你能藉着這些預言打那美好的仗，
19常存信心和無愧的良心。有些人丟棄良心，在信仰上觸了礁；
20其中有許米乃和亞歷山大，我已經把他們交給撒但，讓他們學會不再褻瀆。