1 Timothy 1:3
As I besought thee to remain still in Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain ones not to teach other doctrine,
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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Acts 18:19And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there but entering himself into the synagogue, he reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 20:1AND after the tumult ceased, Paul called to him the disciples, and having embraced them, departed to go into Macedonia.
Ephesians 4:14that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, by cunning craftiness after the wily manner of error;
Colossians 2:6As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him;
1 Timothy 4:11These things command and teach.
1 Timothy 6:3If any one teaches otherwise, and assents not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching which is according to godliness,
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:2-5
First Timothy Hitherto Paul's epistles were directed to churches; now follow some to particular persons: two to Timothy, one to Titus, and another to Philemon—all three ministers. Timothy and Titus were evangelists, an inferior order to the apostles, as appears by Eph. iv. 11 , Some prophets, some apostles, some evangelists. Their commission and work was much the same with that of the apostles, to plant churches, and water the churches that were planted; and accordingly they were itinerants, as we find Timothy… Read the whole commentary →