3 As I urged you ^awhen I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some ^bthat they teach no other doctrine,  ‡

4 ^anor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.  ‡

7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

8 But we know that the law is ^agood if one uses it lawfully,  ‡