1 Timothy 1:3
As I besought thee, when I set out for Macedonia, to remain still in Ephesus, that thou mightst charge certain persons not to teach other doctrine,
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Acts 18:19And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 20:1And after the tumult had 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 borne about by every wind of teaching, through the dishonest tricks of men, and their cunning in the wily arts of error;
Colossians 2:6As therefore ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
1 Timothy 4:11These things command and teach.
1 Timothy 6:3If any one teacheth other doctrine, and assenteth not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine 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 →