1 Timothy 1:2-4

2 to Timothy, [my] own son in [the] faith. Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

3 Even as I begged you to remain at Ephesus, when I was going to Macedonia, that you might charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

4 nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies (which provide doubts rather than the] nurture of God in faith).