 Okay. Good morning and welcome to class. Can somebody lead us in prayer please before we begin? Can anyone lead us in prayer? Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Kira. Father, we just come before you three months again, Father God. Father God, we want to say thank you Father God for your presence, for your calling and for your new subject, Father God. And thank you for all subject, Father God, who joined today, Father God. And thank you for Selena, Ma'am, Father God. And bless to everyone, Father God, that we can learn, Father God, to new things, Father God, to different things, Father God. Bless and keep your wisdom and knowledge, Father God, that we can receive the word, Father God, which we are going to learn today, Father God. And apply to your kingdom, Father God. Bless us, Father God. Take care of upcoming time, Father God. Thank you. All my Jesus name be pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, so in this course we will be looking at four books or three episodes, one person letter. Do you know which are the books that we are looking at in this course? Timothy, Titus and Pellum. Yes, thank you, Prince. First and Second Timothy, Titus and Philemon. Okay. I'm sure you've read these books before. So when you have read First Timothy, Second Timothy, what comes to your mind? Ma'am, later, Pastor Paul is wrote later for the church and believers. Okay. Thank you, Kiran. So, Apostle Paul is writing this letter to Timothy and to the church. Okay. Guidelines for young leaders. Yes, thank you, Kannan. Why do you say young leaders? Why young leaders? Why not older leaders? Maybe you're saying it because Timothy was young. Okay. What else comes to your mind when you think about First Timothy? Any deep truth, any theological truth that you have gathered, you've understood that comes back to your mind about First Timothy? Nothing. Okay. So we look at these three episodes. First Timothy, Second Timothy and Titus, which are called pastoral episodes because they are pastoral in nature, talking about pastoral work. And then we look at also the person letter of Apostle Paul to Philemon. And so we'll look at the book of Philemon. Okay. Now we look at the first book that we'll be looking at is First Timothy. So let's just look at the background to these episodes that Paul has written. Okay. So during his first missionary journey, Paul along with Barnabas traveled through the regions of Galatia and the three cities of Iconium, Lystra and Derby. And even as Paul and Barnabas went around this region of Galatia and these cities of Iconium, Lystra and Derby. You know, they established churches, they strengthened the churches there and the leadership there. Okay. Now, during Paul's second missionary journey, which took about three years, during this time, Paul and his team of comprising of various people. Okay. They went to several places in Asia Minor and Europe and established many local churches. And when Paul came to the region of Galatia, that is the cities of Derby and Lystra, you know, Paul noticed Timothy. That's when he saw Timothy and maybe he sensed that Timothy has, you know, good leadership skills, you know, strong in the faith and can be built up in the faith and good for ministry. So he had Timothy join his team. Now, what do you know about Timothy? Anything that comes to your mind when you think about Timothy? Who was Timothy? No. Okay. So when Timothy joined Paul, he was a very, very young man. He was only 17 years old at that time. And, you know, Timothy, his father was Greek and his mother was Jewish. And so because his father was Greek, you know, and this would cause a hindrance for Timothy to minister in the churches. And also because of these Jewish believers who will kind of oppose him, he had Timothy circumcised so that, you know, he could minister even among the Jews. So this was about AD 49. And the Timothy travels and ministers with Paul ever since this time. Okay. Now, during Paul's second missionary journey, he, you know, stops at the city of Ephesus. We read this in Acts chapter 18, verses 18 to 10. And, you know, Paul preached in the synagogue at Ephesus, but he did not stay there for a very long time because of his plan to reach Jerusalem. So he leaves this couple Aquila and Priscilla in Ephesus to oversee the church at Ephesus. And then he moves on to Jerusalem. And this we read in Acts chapter 18, verse 19. Now, during Paul's third missionary journey, he came to the city of Ephesus where he spent three years. And most of his time on, you know, his third missionary journey was spent here in this city of Ephesus. And, you know, Paul preached in a synagogue for three months. We read about this in Acts chapter 19, verse eight. And then because there was a lot of opposition and problems, he quietly moved out from there. And he went to this hall called Tyranus, a Tyranus in Ephesus. And he taught in this hall for two years. And many who were trained, many young people, older people who were trained in this so-called like a Bible college in this Tyranus Hall, a Tyranus Hall. You know, when they went out, they spread the gospel throughout the areas across all of Asia. Okay. And as a result, we see many churches coming, rising up in Asia. And this is, you know, these churches we read about in Revelation chapter two and three. And all of these churches were in this region and have been established during this time. You know, while Paul was teaching in this, or lecturing, giving lectures in this hall, we read about these seven churches in Revelation chapter two and three. And all of these churches were in this region and have been established during this time. In this hall of Tyranus, his co-workers and others who were evangelized in this so-called Bible college or in this, who were part of this teaching and this lectures in this hall, you know, they went out and they established God's work or they established churches in other cities. So that is what happened in Paul's third missionary journey. Okay. Now, the city of Ephesus is a very important city in Asia Minor. It was one of the first and the greatest metropolis or one of the great important strategic cities in Asia. It was, you know, a well-populated place. It had almost 225,000 people. And this city of Ephesus was very famous for something. Does anyone know what it was famous for? What is the city of Ephesus famous for? Anyone? Okay. It was famous for, yes. Yes, it was famous for the Temple of Diner. Thank you. So the Temple of Diner was at Ephesus and it was one of the largest buildings that was existing at that time. And, you know, it was also the seven wonders of the world at that time. And, you know, it took 220 years to construct this temple which was made of full marble. And the way or the part leading to the temple was also, you know, paved with marble. And in this temple was a statue of a multi-breasted goddess Diner, which people believe that, you know, fell from the sky. And we read about this in Acts chapter 19 verse 35. But in such a city where there's so much of paganism, there's so much of idolatry, and every kind of wrong things, we see that, you know, unusual miracles took place at Ephesus. You can read about this in Acts chapter 19. And these unusual miracles, you know, took place through Paul when he was ministering there at Ephesus. And there was a great turning around, you know, of people to the Lord. Many accepted Jesus. And, you know, one particular event caused a great turning around was when the seven sons of Skiwa, okay, the Jewish priests were going around and, you know, casting out demons and when they went to one man's house and they cast out demons, the demons spoke back and said, you know, Paul, we know, Jesus, we know, but who are you? And they beat up those seven sons of Skiwa really very badly, black and blue, and they were running out naked. And when everybody saw this, you know, this was a great turning around for that city. And we know that, you know, many turned away from witchcraft and black magic and scrolls that was worth thousands of rupees and a lot of money were all burnt up. So a strong work was established here in the city of Ephesus, okay. And also the city of Ephesus was a very important place in the ministry of Paul because it was here that he trained many young leaders. So Petra Aristakis, who was from a secondess of Thessalonica, Gaius, Timothy, who was from Lystra, Taikikis, Trophimius of Asia, Aristus from Corinth, it was also here that he meets Philemon and Epaphysis, both of them who were from the city of Colosse. And we know that the city of Colosse was like 100 miles away from east of Ephesus. And the church at Colosse was established by Epaphrys, okay. And we see that Timothy was a Titus, sorry, Titus was also part of this team that worked with Paul at Ephesus during his time. So we see that during this time here, not only there was a lot of unusual miracles that happened in Ephesus, there was not only a big turning around of people towards God and there was not only a great ministry that happened where Paul was able to teach for three years. But also we see that Paul was able to train many young people, many young men who were part of his team who carried on his work and who Paul also left behind in certain churches that he started or he went to build up those churches. He left these young men and so these young men were well trained by Paul here in Ephesus. So all of these people who I mentioned, so Peter, Aristakis, Secondis, Gaius, Timothy, Taikikis, Trophimius, Aristakis, Philemon, Epaphrys, all of them were here and all of them were part of Paul's team and continues to work even after he was martyred, okay. And so we see that all of these leaders and elders and overseers became shepherds of churches, of believers at Ephesus. Later on towards the end of his third missionary journey on his way to Jerusalem, you know, Paul met with the elders at the Church of Ephesus at a place called Miletus. We read about this in Acts chapter 20 and here Paul delivered a powerful message to the elders of the church, okay. After his third missionary journey, Paul goes to visit Jerusalem and there he's imprisoned in Caesarea for about two years and then he's taken to Rome and he's imprisoned there for another two years, okay. Now Timothy was also with Paul during the time that he was imprisoned in Rome and it was during this time of Roman imprisonment that Paul wrote his prison epistles that is Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians and Philemon, okay. Now Paul's letter to Timothy, now after Paul was, when did Paul write his letter to Timothy? After Paul is released from his first Roman imprisonment that is somewhere between AD 63 to AD 67. He and Titus worked for some time in Crete. And after this Paul, you know, had to move on from Crete so he leaves Titus there in Crete to continue the work, okay. And it's possible that Paul may have traveled with Timothy to Ephesus at this time. So after he left Titus at Crete, it's possible that he traveled to the city of Ephesus with Timothy. And, you know, he left Timothy to oversee the work at Ephesus, okay. And then Paul goes on to a place called Macedonia. Now why were we looking at this whole missionary journey is to see, you know, how Paul meets Timothy and Titus and, you know, how they journeyed with him and how they, why Paul writes this letter to Titus, why he writes this letter to Timothy is because after his Roman imprisonment he goes to Crete. He sees a need for a good leader to establish the work there to help in correcting the doctrines to help and protect the church from false teachers. And also when he goes to Ephesus, you notice the same thing there. And so he leaves Timothy because he has to go on, move on to Macedonia to continue the work at and the other places. So he leaves Timothy at this very, very important city of Ephesus. And Paul writes first Timothy and Titus during this time when he was most likely in Macedonia. So we know that he went to Crete, he went to Ephesus, so at Crete he left Titus at Ephesus, he left Timothy and then he goes on to Macedonia. And then maybe he felt a need to encourage Titus and Timothy. So he writes a letter for Macedonia, not only to encourage them, but how to go about church administration, what they have to do. And maybe he has heard reports of things that are happening there from Titus and Timothy. So he writes this letter of first Timothy and Titus. Now, before we end this introduction and look at the first chapter, first Timothy, let's look at Paul's second Roman imprisonment. Now, once Paul returns to Rome, he was imprisoned again. And that's when he writes his last episode of second Timothy. So just a brief introduction about Timothy, we already saw quite a lot of details about him. Timothy served alongside Paul for about 18 years from AD 49 to AD 67. And Timothy at this point may have been about 34 years old when he was put in charge of the church at Ephesus. And the church in Ephesus was not just one church, but it may have had many house churches, but it was also the spiritual headquarters for the other seven churches. Remember, I mentioned the seven churches that were mentioned in Revelation chapter two and chapter three. The churches at the Sprinna, Paragormus, Titeria, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laeducia. So we see that this young man, Timothy, had a lot of responsibilities to shoulder. So it was not just one church, house few house churches, but there was also the seven churches. And there was a huge responsibility that was laid on Timothy's shoulder. And so first Timothy was in about AD 67 from Macedonia to Timothy to encourage him and to give him more guidelines on how to go about church-related administration, how to correct the wrong doctrines, and what to do in those situations, in the difficult situations when the church was being faced with false doctrines and false teachers. So if you can unmute your mics and let me know if you were able to understand the introduction. If there's any doubts, do you have any comments, anything you'd like to say? Nothing? Okay, so Dave says it's all fine. So able to understand the basic historical background, the social cultural background of Ephesus and the place that Timothy was working and the churches he was overseeing from the city of Ephesus. Okay, so if there are no doubts and no questions, let's turn to first Timothy. Okay, if you can turn in your Bibles to first Timothy chapter one, first Timothy chapter one. And I request somebody to maybe read because we have around 20 verses. So if each of us can read five, five, or maybe six verses each, be good. So can somebody begin please? First Timothy chapter one. And even as we read this, I would like you all to, you know, just ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you. Maybe if you found some words that just kind of brought back some, you know, meaning, something that you've heard before, something that you studied before, but it brought something, a memory back to you or something that really stirred up your heart. Some words that really stood out for you. I'll ask you after we read first Timothy and you can share that. Okay, so can somebody read verses one towards six please? Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God, our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our Lord. In Timothy, a true son in the faith, grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. As I urge you, when I went into Macedonia, remain in emphasis that you may change any tiresome that dictates no other doctrine, nor give it to others and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than bodily edification, which is instable. Okay, now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience and from sincere faith, from which some having strayed have earned a sight to others. Thank you, Dave. Can somebody read maybe from seven onwards, seven to twelve? For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but power and of love and of the sound mind. Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor... Reading first Timothy, Kiran, sorry to interrupt. You're reading first Timothy. First Timothy chapter one verse seven. Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm. But we know that the law is good if one uses a law fully knowing this that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and un... For the ungodly and for sinners and and the unholy and preference for murderers of fathers and the murderers of the mother for men slayers. Okay. Thank you. Can somebody read from verses 10 to 20, please? Can you just read those 10 verses? For formicators, for solomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine according to the Blessed God which was committed to my trust. And I thank Christ Jesus, our Lord, who has enabled me because he counted me faithful, putting me into this, to the ministry. Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man, but I obtained mercy. Insolent man, but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of the Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. This is a beautiful saying and worthy of all acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am. However, for this reason, I obtained mercy. That is, that in me, first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering as a pattern to those who are going on Him for everlasting life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever, amen. This is, this charge I commit to you, Santi Moti, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them, you may wage the good warfare, having faith and good conscience with some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, shipwreck of whom are Himalasas and Alexander, whom I deliver to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. Okay, thank you. I just like you all to share one thing that really stood out for you in this, in this chapter first Timothy chapter one, which we just read. There's something that really stood out, something that came back to your memory, something that you learn sometime back, something that God has stirred up your heart or something the Holy Spirit just reiterated to you this morning. So would each of us just take a minute to just share please. And then we'll move on. Sorry, Thomas, just go ahead. Here in verse 12 Paul saying, I thank Christ Jesus a lot who has enabled me because he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry. So being in the ministry, it's so privileged and God is considering Paul as a faithful at the same. I believe those doing the ministry, God is considering he as a faithful. We have the responsibility to continue walking the faithfulness of God and faith we have to be faithful that word stood with me. Thank you, Thomas. Yes, that God counted Paul faithful. He counts us faithful even as we do the ministry but something that I really like what he said was we need to continue to be faithful to what God has called us and what he has entrusted to us. Thank you. Yes, Dave. Even me, I was about to say that. Dave, can you increase your volume, please? Give me a second. Can you hear me now? Yes, thank you. So I was also about to share the verse to us. Well, I will go up to 13 as well. Since Thomas already shared that when Paul, if you look at his background. If you may need that God doesn't look at what our life has gone through. Because Paul was a very, he was a blasphemer and a persecutor. And he was persecutor so many disciples of Christ. But yet God using such a mighty way that we can even come to know how God chosen and took him from death. So for God's ministry, for someone who worked for God, he is without prejudice. He can use any of us for his kingdom and he can change any of our life for God to work in us. Okay, thank you. Though it was a little faint, I couldn't get a few sentences that you said. But you were basically saying that even though, you know, Paul was a persecutor, a blasphemer. And he persecuted the people, the church, the early church and kill many people. You know, but still God was merciful to him and, you know, and God transformed his life and used him mightily, right? That is what you're basically saying? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Sorry about that one colleague. No, no, no worries. Anyone else would like to share? Yes, ma'am. 15 and 16. This is a trustworthy saying and everyone should accept it. Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners and I am the worst of them all here. Paul is just showing an example for himself and 16, but God had mercy on me. Jesus Christ could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinner than others will realize that they too can believe in him and receive internal life. Paul is just showing that I am also a sinner and all like that. And he is just showing that being an example to come to the throne of God. Okay, so Paul is saying that he was a sinner, but you know, even as he came to the throne of God and, you know, I mean, Jesus saved him and transformed his life. Okay. So what about Prince Kanan, Erin, anything you would like to share? Yes, ma'am. We must have a good fight of faith. Here Paul is focusing on two persons, Amanias and Alexander. They have fallen from their faith because they didn't obey the God. We need to depend on the Holy Spirit. So Holy Spirit can hold us on his side. Thank you. So his prince is sharing about verse 19 and 20 how Hymenians and Alexander, though they were in the faith, how their faith was shipwrecked and how they fell away from their faith. And so he was encouraged by this thought that, you know, we need to be steadfast in our faith, strong in our faith and ask the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us and to help us. Thank you. What about Erin and Kanan? Verse 14, right. In that one, we can see the grace of the Lord through Jesus Christ. How are we having our grace through Jesus from the Lord? Okay. So in Christ Jesus, we receive abundance of grace and we receive abundance of love when we put our faith in Jesus Christ. Thank you. So saying that when we put our faith in Jesus Christ, we receive abundance of grace and love. Yeah. Erin? Yes, we can. Yeah. We can't hear you. We can't hear you, Erin. It's okay. No worries. We have connected problems. No problem. Okay. So thank you all for sharing. We'll look at each verse phrase and we'll do a deeper study of each verse phrase word in this first chapter. So let's look at verses one to four. Paul and Apostle of Christ Jesus by the commandment of God, our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope to Timothy a true son in the faith, grace, mercy and peace from God, our Father and Jesus Christ, our Lord. As I urged you then when I went into Macedonia, remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine. Now give He to fables and endless genealogies which causes disputes rather than Godly edification, which is in faith. Okay. So here Paul is calling himself. What is he calling himself as here? In verse one. What does Paul call himself as? Apostle of Christ. He calls himself as an apostle. Yes. Who is an apostle? In verse one. Yes. An apostle is a apostle means sent one. And in terms of function is one who goes ahead and pioneers to advance the kingdom of God. That means goes ahead and does things which no one else has done before or maybe it's not there in that specific geographical area or that territory or that place. So they're pioneers, something new to advance the kingdom of God. And so here Paul is saying he's an apostle of Jesus Christ. And, you know, he does not give himself this designation and call himself as an apostle, but he says he's an apostle by the commandment of God. So he's calling his, you know, he's saying that his calling is a command from God. And so we need to remember that even when God calls us into ministry, it's not something that is just a privilege that we can enjoy a specific status or a specific role or responsibility, but it is a command. It's a responsibility that we need to fulfill a command by God. Okay. In verses one and two, he's, you know, he's talking about the Trinity. Okay. He's talking about God. He's talking about the Lord Jesus Christ. Okay. And so here Paul mentions two persons of the Godhead. We believe in God the Father. We believe in God the Son. We believe in God the Holy Spirit. So here Paul says in verse one and two, God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Okay. And in verse two, he says God us, sorry, in verse one, he says God our savior. And in verse two, he says God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. Okay. So it's good to recognize who God is and all that he means to us. So here he's in these two verses is calling God as savior. Okay. And he's talking about the Lord Jesus Christ and he's talking about God as a savior. He's talking about God as our Father. And he's also talking about the hope and that we have in Jesus Christ who is our Lord. Okay. So Jesus Christ is our savior. He's our Father. He's our hope. He's our Lord, our healer, our deliverer and our provider. So you know, Paul is actually stating who God and what God means to him and also what and whom the Lord Jesus Christ means to him. Okay. In verses three and four, Paul is saying, telling Timothy as I urged you when I went into Macedonia remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they may teach no other doctrine. Okay. So he's, as I mentioned, you know, he left Timothy at Ephesus and he gave him the charge over the church at Ephesus and the churches surrounding the region, the surrounding regions there at in around Ephesus. Okay. And he tells them and he tells Timothy and gives him this charge that, you know, to make sure that no other doctrine is taught in these churches. And he's telling him, do not give heed to, you know, any false doctrines and what are these false doctrines, these false doctrines are fables and endless genealogies. Okay. So what are these fables, these fables are basically Jewish stories that are not true, you know, of Old Testament about Abraham, the patriarchs, the people have the Jews have just made up and you know it's just been circulating around the years, these stories and they're bringing these Jewish fables into the church. And also, these endless genealogies is also, you know, they're adding in more genealogical data or, you know, people into the genealogy of the patriarchs and it's causing a lot of confusion. And the other false doctrines that was being, you know, circulating or prevailing in the churches during Paul's time was this whole idea about Gnosticism. Okay. And Gnosticism, they believe that, you know, matter and the physical body is evil and God did not create this world because this world is evil and God cannot create anything that is evil. And because our body is evil, they deny that, you know, Jesus came in the flesh or he died in the flesh. And so he, you know, these Gnostics go around saying that there is a demigod or a secondary God. And so all of these false teachings were circulating in the church and causing a lot of confusion and chaos. So Paul is telling Timothy that, you know, he needs to watch out very carefully what is being taught, what is the doctrines being taught to the people and what are people called to focus on. Okay. And he's saying, do away with all of these fables and endless genealogies. He says, tell the people not to listen to them, not to give ear to these things. You know, why, what is the end result of this? He's saying, all of these things is going to cause a lot of dispute that is going to cause a lot of strife and division. So, you know, when we also in the world that we're living in today, there's a lot of false teachings, a lot of false doctrines that are circulating. And we need to also be aware of what is being taught and, you know, correct and go back to scripture and see what is the truth and defend these false teachings and false doctrines and teach the right thing to the people. And it's also important to note here that, you know, when false teachings and doctrines enter the church, it's going to cause a lot of strife and it's going to cause a lot of division. But if sound teaching is being taught, then there's going to be a godly edification in the faith. That is what Paul says here. See in verse four, he says, you know, don't give heed to fables and endless genealogies which cause disputes rather than godly edification, which is in faith. So if you want to really make sure that a church is, you know, teaching the right kind of doctrines and that is a truth, then it will show by its fruit. And what is a fruit that is going to be caused there? There's going to be a lot of strife and division. But if there is right teaching, right doctrines being taught that, you know, it will edify people, bring about godly edification in the faith and it will build up people in the faith. It will build up believers in the faith. Okay, now we see that this was not only a problem in the church at Ephesus where Paul leaves Timothy, but towards the end of his third missionary journey, Paul already had warned the leaders at the church at Ephesus. And this was nine years before he wrote first Timothy. So nine years before itself, you know, Paul has warned the leaders and the elders of the church at Ephesus. And this is what we read in Acts chapter 20, verses 28 to 32. It says, therefore, take heed to yourself and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. For I know this that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourself, men will rise up speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. So now brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. Okay, so we see that Paul is already telling the church at Ephesus. This is nine years before he writes first Timothy, and he's telling them that, you know, savage wolves will come among you. Okay, they will come from outside. So he's talking about false teachers and doctrines who are circulating this false teachings about Gnosticism. And it's not only for teachers from outside, but also within the church, some of these Jews who have become believers in Jesus Christ, they are still, you know, bringing about the circumcision ritual. They're talking about how they need to follow various sacrifices and keep us various observances of the law and also spreading around these Jewish fables and genealogies, which is causing a lot of confusion in the church. So we see that this was basically a problem, not only in the churches at Ephesus, but also the region surrounding that and, you know, the whole of Europe and Asia Minor and wherever Paul was ministering. We see that Paul later on in his epistle to the Ephesians when he was imprisoned in Rome in AD 63, he wanted believers to be built so that he says in the book of Ephesians that we should no longer be children. No longer be children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the trickery of men in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting which he says in Ephesians chapter four verse 14. So he says, you know, don't we should not be no longer be children who are tossed to and fro carried away with every wrong teaching, but we need to be founded in the truth. And here he's encouraging Timothy to tell the people and himself not to give heed to all of these false teachings, false teachers and doctrines, but to focus on the truth that is in God's word and to preach and teach it, and also telling people not to give these false teachings. Okay, we'll stop here. We'll take a break and we'll come back after the break.