1 Timothy 1:3
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
Paul remained behind at Ephesus when the journey into Macedonia began, under instruction to order certain persons to stop presenting a different teaching. The responsibility for the care of the church at Ephesus was thus placed upon him while the onward journey continued, which those who held the later account describe as the last voyage toward Rome. He was a youthful worker brought to conversion through that earlier labor and bound as a son to a loved and honored father, after sharing together missionary hopes and perils and toils. His mild, yielding, retiring character brought rest and comfort to an ardent, zealous, indomitable spirit, by faithful service and tender love that brightened many dark hours.
The charge was a guard for the church against false teaching that draws people away from faith and a godly life. The different teaching to be stopped was attention to fables and endless genealogies, which furnish disputes and questions instead of building godly edification and faith. The aim of the charge is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere, unfeigned faith. Those who swerve from that aim turn aside to empty talk and vain jangling, desiring to be teachers of the law while understanding neither what they say nor what they affirm.
The same charge calls for holding faith and a good conscience in a good warfare, since casting them away brings shipwreck concerning faith. It calls believers to proclaim no other teaching than the true faith, boldly and fervently, refusing to be turned away to seducing spirits and standing firm to declare the message given by God. Those who obey this charge are guided by God, have His grace put in their hearts, and are to be highly esteemed.
The charge applies to those who go out from the truth and give up the Bible truth that made Seventh-day Adventists what they are, letting go the Sabbath and wrapping themselves in a false sanctification that accords with any false theory. It applies to undermining faith and circulating false statements and senseless lies, while those who remain must, after having done all, stand.