1 Timothy 6:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 thou, O man of God, flee from these things; but pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

THOU therefore, my son, be mighty in the grace which is in Jesus Christ.

Avoiding

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but delirious with disputes and quarrels about words, from whence come wrath, contentions, evil speakings, wrong suspicions,

nor to attend to fables and endless genealogies, which give occasion to disputes rather than godly edification, which is by faith; [so do].

But profane and antiquated fables reject, but exercise thyself unto godliness.

But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and believed, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

to Titus, my genuine son after the common faith, be grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

But foolish disquisitions, and genealogies, and disputes, and contentions about the law avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Oppositions

Then certain of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him: and some said, What will this chattering fellow say? but others, He seemeth to be a preacher of foreign deities, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

Affecting to be sophists, they turned idiots,

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent will I make useless."

But we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are destroying themselves:

For the wisdom of this world is folly in the sight of God. For it is written, "He entangleth the wise in their own craftiness."

Beware that no man make a prey of you by means of philosophy and vain delusion, after the tradition of men, after the principles of the world, and not after Christ: