Passage

Timothy stays in Ephesus

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

³As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

1 Timothy 1:3World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writer recalls asking Timothy to stay in Ephesus when he left for Macedonia.

Timothy is to stop certain people from teaching a different doctrine. Myths and endless genealogies are named as material that produces disputes.

What teaching problem is Timothy asked to address?