{"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/dbt/1-timothy/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:22:31.682Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"1 Timothy","bookSlug":"1-timothy","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the command of God our Saviour, and of Christ Jesus our hope,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"to Timotheus, my true child in faith: grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Even as I begged thee to remain in Ephesus, when I was going to Macedonia, that thou mightest enjoin some not to teach other doctrines,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than further God's dispensation, which is in faith."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"which things some having missed, have turned aside to vain discourse,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they so strenuously affirm."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now we know that the law is good if any one uses it lawfully,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to the lawless and insubordinate, to the impious and sinful, to the unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"fornicators, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"according to the glad tidings of the glory of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me power, that he has counted me faithful, appointing to ministry him"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing man: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Faithful is the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the first."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But for this reason mercy was shewn me, that in me, the first, Jesus Christ might display the whole long-suffering, for a delineation of those about to believe on him to life eternal."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Now to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"This charge, my child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"maintaining faith and a good conscience; which last some, having put away, have made shipwreck as to faith;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may be taught by discipline not to blaspheme."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 1 (DBT)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 1](https://primebible.com/dbt/1-timothy/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/1-timothy/1 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}