1 Timothy 6:20

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Summary

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

O timothy

1 Timothy 6:11

2 Timothy 2:1

Avoiding

Oppositions

Bible References

O timothy

But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.

You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Avoiding

he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, which produce envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions,

nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than the divine trainingwhich is by faith.

Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself in godliness.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, knowing from whom you learned it,

to Titus, my true child in a common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and quarrels about the Law, for they are unprofitable and useless.

Oppositions

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some said, "What would this idle babbler wish to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities,"because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will frustrate."

Yet we do speak a wisdom among the mature, a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness";

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to human tradition, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.