He recommendeth vnto him, to inhibit certaine Iewes who iangled of the law as though it
were contrarie to his preaching. 11. Against whom he auoucheth his ministerie, though he
acknowledge his vnworthines.
1. PAVL an Apostle of Iesvs Christ according to the commandement of God our
Sauiour, and of Christ Iesvs our hope:
2. To Timothee his beloued sonne in the faith. Gace, mercie, and peace from God the
Father, and from Christ Iesvs our Lord.
3. As I desired thee to remaine at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou
shouldest denounce to certaine not to teach otherwise,
4. nor to attend to fables and genealogies hauing no end: which Minister questions
rather then the edifying of God which is in faith.
5. But the end of the precept is charitie from a pure hart, and a good conscience,
and a faith not feind.
6. From the which things certaine straying, are turned into vaine-talke,
7. desirous to be Doctours of the Law, not vnderstanding neither what things they
speake, nor of what they affirme.
8. But we know that the Law is good, if a man vse it lawfully:
9. knowing this, that the Law is not made to the iust man, but to the vniust, &
disobedient, to the impious & sinners, to the wicked & contaminate, to killers of father & killers
of mothers, to murderers,
10. to fornicatours, to lyers with mankind, to man-stealers, to liers, to periured
perons, and what other thing soeuer is contrarie to sound doctrine,
11. which is according to the Ghospel of the glorie of the blessed God, which is
comitted to me.
12. I giue him thankes which hath strengthned me, Christ Iesvs our Lord, because
he hath estemmed me faithful, putting me in the ministerie.
13. Who before was blasphemous and a persecutour and contumelious. But I obteined the
mercie of God, because I did it being ignorant in incredulitie.
14. And the grace of our Lord ouer-abounded with faith and loue, which is in Christ
Iesvs.
15. A faithful saying, and worthie of al acceptation, that Christ Iesvs came
into this world to saue sinners, of whom I am the cheefe.
16. But therfore haue I obtained mercie: that in me first of al Christ Iesvs
might shew al patience, to the information of them that shal beleeue on him vnto life euerlasting.
17. And to the King of the worlds, immortal, inuisible, only God, honour & glorie for
euer and euer. Amen.
18. This precept I commend to thee, ô Timothee: according to the prophecies going
before on thee, that thou warre in them a good warfare,
19. hauing faith and a good conscience, which certaine repelling haue made ship-wrack
about the faith.
20. Of whom is Hymenæus & Alexander: whom I haue deliuered to Satan, that they
may learne not to blaspheme.