1 Timothy 1:6

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—

For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.

Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

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,

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

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,

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith,

I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.

For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury.”

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.

Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

For already some have turned away after Satan.

constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness,

At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.

to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge,

which some profess, and thus have wandered from the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.

Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?