1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope, 2 to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine, 4 and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith. 5 But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith, 6 from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking, 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm.

8 But we know that the law is good if a person uses it lawfully, 9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine, 11 according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

12 I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service, 13 although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life. 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

18 I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith, 20 of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

1 Paulus, 'n apostel van Jesus Christus, volgens die bevel van God, ons Verlosser, en van die Here Jesus Christus, ons Hoop,

2 aan Timothes, my ware kind in die geloof: Genade, barmhartigheid, vrede van God onse Vader en Christus Jesus, onse Here!

3 Soos ek jou versoek het toe ek na Macedonië op reis was, moet jy in fese wag om sekere persone te beveel dat hulle geen ander leer moet leer nie,

4 en hulle nie besig hou met fabels en eindelose geslagsregisters nie, wat net twisvrae bevorder meer as stigting van God wat in die geloof is.

5 Maar die doel van die gebod is liefde uit 'n rein hart en 'n goeie gewete en 'n ongeveinsde geloof

6 waarvan sommige mense afgedwaal en hulle afgewend het na onsinnige praatjies;

7 hulle wil leraars van die wet wees, alhoewel hulle wat hulle sê, of die dinge wat hulle beslis beweer, nie verstaan nie.

8 Maar ons weet dat die wet goed is as iemand dit wettiglik gebruik

9 en as hy weet dat die wet nie gegee is vir die regverdige nie, maar vir die wettelose en tugtelose mense, goddelose en sondaars, onheiliges en ongewydes, vadermoorders en moedermoorders, moordenaars,

10 hoereerders, sodomiete, mensediewe, leuenaars, meinediges en wat daar anders met die gesonde leer in stryd is,

11 volgens die evangelie van die heerlikheid van die salige God wat aan my toevertrou is.

12 En ek dank Hom wat my krag gegee het, Christus Jesus, onse Here, dat Hy my getrou geag en in die bediening gestel het,

13 my wat vroeër 'n lasteraar en 'n vervolger en 'n geweldenaar was. Maar aan my is barmhartigheid bewys, omdat ek dit onwetend gedoen het in ongeloof.

14 En die genade van onse Here was baie oorvloedig met geloof en liefde wat in Christus Jesus is.

15 Dit is 'n betroubare woord en werd om ten volle aangeneem te word, dat Christus Jesus in die wêreld gekom het om sondaars te red, van wie ek die vernaamste is.

16 Maar daarom is aan my barmhartigheid bewys, dat Jesus Christus in my as die vernaamste al sy lankmoedigheid sou betoon, om 'n voorbeeld te wees vir die wat in Hom sal glo tot die ewige lewe.

17 Aan die Koning van die eeue, die onverderflike, onsienlike, alleenwyse God, kom toe die eer en die heerlikheid tot in alle ewigheid. Amen.

18 Hierdie boodskap vertrou ek aan jou toe, my kind Timothes, ooreenkomstig die profesieë wat vroeër aangaande jou uitgespreek is, sodat jy daardeur die goeie stryd kan stry

19 en aan die geloof en 'n goeie gewete vashou. Sommige het dit van hulle weggestoot en aan die geloof skipbreuk gely,

20 onder wie daar is Himen,s en Alexander, wat ek aan die Satan oorgegee het, sodat hulle kan leer om nie te laster nie.