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1 Timothy 1:5

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but the end of the charge is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;

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Ephesus was a major port city in Roman Asia Minor (modern western Turkey), where Timothy was serving amid false teaching; Paul had urged him to remain there. Macedonia, north of Greece, was the region Paul was traveling through when he gave this charge, underscoring its pastoral urgency.

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1 Timothy 1:5 mentions Ephesus and Macedonia.

Ephesus · Benh LIEU SONG
Macedonia · Sakistriantafyllou

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