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, O man of God, flee from these [things], and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patient endurance, gentleness.

You, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace [that is] in Christ Jesus,

Avoiding

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause useless speculations rather than God's plan [that is] by faith.

But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}, and train yourself for godliness.

But you continue in [the things] which you have learned and are convinced [of], [because you] know from whom you learned [them],

to Titus, [my] true child according to a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and contentions and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and fruitless.

Oppositions

And even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were saying, "What does this babbler want to say?" But [others said], "He appears to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was proclaiming the good news [about] 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 intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing,

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"

Beware lest {anyone take you captive} through philosophy and empty deceit, according to {human tradition}, according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ,