1 Timothy 6:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Perverse, etc

1 Timothy 1:6

1 Corinthians 11:16

Men

Supposing

From

Romans 16:17

2 Thessalonians 3:6

2 Timothy 3:5

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Bible References

Perverse, etc

from which some have deviated, [and] have turned away into fruitless discussion,

But if anyone is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

Men

In the [same] way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

"Either make the tree good and its fruit [is] good, or make the tree bad and its fruit [is] bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, [that] you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk: in the futility of their mind,

and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and wipe out by the appearance of his coming,

And {just as} Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, people corrupted in mind, disqualified concerning the faith.

To the pure all [things] [are] pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.

Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, [with the result that you] fall away from the living God.

Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

Supposing

But godliness with contentment is a great means of gain.

not addicted to wine, not a violent person, but gentle, peaceable, not loving money,

But Gehazi the servant of Elisha, the man of God, thought, "Look, my master has refrained from taking what this Aramean Naaman brought from his hand. {As Yahweh lives}, I will certainly run after him, and I will accept something from him."

And the dogs {have a greedy appetite}; they {are never satisfied}. And they are [the] shepherds! They do not have understanding. They all turn to their [own] way, each one for his [own] gain, {every one of them}.

"For from the smallest of them to the greatest of them, {everyone} makes profit for unlawful gain. And from the prophet to the priest, {everyone} practices deceit.

Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.

And they come to you {as people do}, and they sit {before you}, and my people hear your words, and they do not do them, for they [are] showing passion in their mouth, but their heart [is] going after ill-gotten gain.

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

Now Simon, [when he] saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, offered them money,

For someone {named} Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver replicas of the temple of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen.

whom it is necessary to silence, whoever are ruining whole families [by] teaching [things] which must not be [taught] for the sake of dishonest gain.

And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation [from] long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, and have given themselves up to the error of Balaam for gain, and have perished in the rebellion of Korah.

For all the nations have drunk from the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the power of her sensuality."

From

Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.

But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, [that] you keep away from every brother who lives irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these [people].

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so that they may not teach you to do like all their detestable things that they do for their gods and [thereby] you sin against Yahweh your God.

Cease to listen to instruction, my child, {and you will stray} from sayings of knowledge.

But if anyone ignores [this], he is ignored.

But avoid foolish and uninformed controversies, [because you] know that they produce quarrels.