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

Titus 3:9

Oppositions

Bible References

O timothy

Shun that, O man of God, aim at integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, and suavity;

Now, my son, be strong in the grace of Christ Jesus,

Avoiding

is a conceited, ignorant creature, with a morbid passion for controversy and argument which only leads to envy, dissension, insults, insinuations,

and studying myths and interminable genealogies; such studies bear upon speculations rather than on the divine order which belongs to faith.

Shut your mind against these profane, drivelling myths; train for the religious life.

but hold you to what you have been taught, hold to your convictions, remember who your teachers were,

But avoid foolish controversy, and let genealogies and dissensions and strife over the Law alone, for these are fruitless and futile.

Oppositions

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also came across him. Some said, "Whatever does the fellow mean with his scraps of learning'?" Others said, "He looks like a herald of foreign deities" (this was because he preached 'Jesus' and 'the Resurrection').

They claimed to be wise, but they have become fools;

It is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the sages, I will confound the insight of the wise.

We do discuss 'wisdom' with those who are mature; only it is not the wisdom of this world or of the dethroned Powers who rule this world,

For God ranks this world's wisdom as 'sheer folly.' It is written, He seizes the wise in their craftiness,

Beware of anyone getting hold of you by means of a theosophy which is specious make-believe, on the lines of human tradition, corresponding to the Elemental spirits of the world and not to Christ.