1 Timothy 1:3
As I exhorted thee to stay at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain persons not to teach other doctrine,
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Acts 18:19And he came to Esphesus, and left them there: but before his departure he himself went into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 20:1And after the tumult was over, Paul sent for the disciples to him, and having embraced them, departed to go into Macedonia.
Ephesians 4:14That we may be no longer children fluctuating and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the artful insinuations of men, and their crafty methods of deceiving;
Colossians 2:6Therefore as ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him;
1 Timothy 4:11These things declare and teach.
1 Timothy 6:3These things teach and exhort. If any one teach otherwise, and adhere not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and 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 →