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1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the appointment of God our Saviour, and of Jesus Christ who is our hope, 2 to Timothy, my own son in the faith; Grace be thine, and mercy, and peace, from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 3 as thou fulfillest the charge I gave thee, when I passed on into Macedonia, to stay behind at Ephesus. There were some who needed to be warned against teaching strange doctrines, 4 against occupying their minds with legends and interminable pedigrees, which breed controversy, instead of building up God’s house, as the faith does.[1] 5 The end at which our warning aims is charity, based on purity of heart, on a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 There are some who have missed this mark, branching off into vain speculations; 7 who now claim to be expounding the law, without understanding the meaning of their own words, or the subject on which they pronounce so positively. 8 The law? It is an excellent thing, where it is applied legitimately; 9 but it must be remembered that the law is not meant for those who live innocent lives. It is meant for the lawless and the refractory; for the godless and the sinner, the unholy and the profane; for those who lay violent hands on father or mother, for murderers, 10 for those who commit fornication or sin against nature, the slave-dealer, the liar, the perjurer. All this and much else is the very opposite of the sound doctrine 11 contained in the gospel I have been entrusted with, that tells us of the blessed God and his glory.[2] 12 How I thank our Lord Christ Jesus, the source of all my strength, for shewing confidence in me by appointing me his minister, 13 me, a blasphemer till then, a persecutor, a man of violence, author of outrage, and yet he had mercy on me, because I was acting in the ignorance of unbelief. 14 The grace of the Lord came upon me in a full tide of faith and love, the love that is in Christ Jesus. 15 How true is that saying, and what a welcome it deserves, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I was the worst of all, 16 and yet I was pardoned, so that in me first of all Christ Jesus might give the extreme example of his patience; I was to be the pattern of all those who will ever believe in him, to win eternal life. 17 Honour and glory through endless ages to the king of all the ages, the immortal, the invisible, who alone is God, Amen. 18 This charge, then, I give into thy hands, my son Timothy, remembering how prophecy singled thee out, long ago. Serve, as it bade thee, in this honourable warfare, 19 with faith and a good conscience to aid thee. Some, through refusing this duty, have made shipwreck of the faith; 20 among them, Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have made over to Satan, till they are cured of their blasphemy.[3] | 1 Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi secundum imperium Dei Salvatoris nostri, et Christi Jesu spei nostræ, 2 Timotheo dilecto filio in fide. Gratia, misericordia, et pax a Deo Patre, et Christo Jesu Domino nostro. 3 Sicut rogavi te ut remaneres Ephesi cum irem in Macedoniam, ut denuntiares quibusdam ne aliter docerent, 4 neque intenderent fabulis, et genealogiis interminatis: quæ quæstiones præstant magis quam ædificationem Dei, quæ est in fide. 5 Finis autem præcepti est caritas de corde puro, et conscientia bona, et fide non ficta. 6 A quibus quidam aberrantes, conversi sunt in vaniloquium, 7 volentes esse legis doctores, non intelligentes neque quæ loquuntur, neque de quibus affirmant. 8 Scimus autem quia bona est lex si quis ea legitime utatur: 9 sciens hoc quia lex justo non est posita, sed injustis, et non subditis, impiis, et peccatoribus, sceleratis, et contaminatis, parricidis, et matricidis, homicidis, 10 fornicariis, masculorum concubitoribus, plagiariis, mendacibus, et perjuris, et si quid aliud sanæ doctrinæ adversatur, 11 quæ est secundum Evangelium gloriæ beati Dei, quod creditum est mihi. 12 Gratias ago ei, qui me confortavit, Christo Jesu Domino nostro, quia fidelem me existimavit, ponens in ministerio: 13 qui prius blasphemus fui, et persecutor, et contumeliosus: sed misericordiam Dei consecutus sum, quia ignorans feci in incredulitate. 14 Superabundavit autem gratia Domini nostri cum fide, et dilectione, quæ est in Christo Jesu. 15 Fidelis sermo, et omni acceptione dignus: quod Christus Jesus venit in hunc mundum peccatores salvos facere, quorum primus ego sum. 16 Sed ideo misericordiam consecutus sum: ut in me primo ostenderet Christus Jesus omnem patientiam ad informationem eorum, qui credituri sunt illi, in vitam æternam. 17 Regi autem sæculorum immortali, invisibili, soli Deo honor et gloria in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. 18 Hoc præceptum commendo tibi, fili Timothee, secundum præcedentes in te prophetias, ut milites in illis bonam militiam, 19 habens fidem, et bonam conscientiam, quam quidam repellentes, circa fidem naufragaverunt: 20 ex quibus est Hymenæus, et Alexander: quos tradidi Satanæ, ut discant non blasphemare. |
[1] The teaching here referred to may, like that prevalent at Colossae, have been akin to the Gnostic heresy. The Gnostics maintained that the creator of the material universe was the last in a long line of angelic beings; and some think that these hierarchies of angels are the ‘genealogies’ here alluded to. But it is more commonly held that St Paul is thinking of Jewish speculations, which grafted legends and spurious pedigrees on to the narrative of the Old Testament.
[2] vv. 7-11: These verses suggest that the false teachers at Ephesus concerned themselves with legalistic expositions of the Ten Commandments; Christians ought to live by the law of charity.
[3] The reference would seem to be to some not irrevocable form of excommunication; cf. I. Cor. 5.5.
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Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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