False Doctrine and Misuse of the Law
3 As I urged you when I went to Macedonia, 1:3 Ac 16:9 remain in Ephesus 1:3 Eph 1:1 so that you may instruct certain people 1:3 Jd 4 not to teach false doctrine 4 or to pay attention to myths 1:4 1Tm 4:7; 2Tm 4:4; Ti 1:14; 2Pt 1:16 and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan, 1:4 Eph 1:10; 3:2,9; Col 1:25 which operates by faith. 5 Now the goal of our instruction is love 1:5 Rm 13:10 that comes from a pure heart, 1:5 Ps 24:4; 2Tm 2:22; 1Pt 1:22 a good conscience, 1:5 Ac 23:1; 24:16; Rm 9:1; 2Co 1:12; 1Tm 1:19; 3:9; Heb 10:22; 1Pt 3:21 and a sincere faith. 1:5 2Tm 1:56 Some have departed from these and turned aside to fruitless discussion. 7 They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on.