{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/1-timothy/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:35:56.606Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"1 Timothy","bookSlug":"1-timothy","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith;'so do I now ."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his'service;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 1 (ASV)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 1](https://primebible.com/asv/1-timothy/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/1-timothy/1 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}