3 Nõnda kuidas ma Makedooniasse minnes sind õhutasin jääma kauemaks Efesosse, et mõningaid manitseda, et nad ei õpetaks teisiti

4 ega teeks tegemist tühjade juttudega ja lõpmatute suguvõsade üleslugemistega, mis tekitavad rohkem küsimusi kui Jumala majapidamisest arusaamist usus, nõnda tee.

3 It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,

4 Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;