Thematic Bible: Foolish questions, &c are


Thematic Bible



O Timothy, guard and keep safe the deposit [of godly truth] entrusted to you, turn away from worldly and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], and the contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge”— Verse ConceptsCounterfeitsFalse ReligionFaithfulness, To GodBabblersFalsehoodCareGuardsPhilosophyRenunciationStewardshipTrustworthinessTrustworthyFalse Doctrines, AvoidanceAvoiding EvilChantingEntrustingDrawbacks To KnowledgeLack Of MeaningContradictingScienceConfidentialityFake FriendsimprovementGuarding Yourself

But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness, Verse ConceptsBabblersBabblingIncreaseDoubt, Dealing WithIntoleranceSin, Effects OfUngodlinessUnrighteousnessImpietyCursingAvoiding EvilLack Of Meaningbehaviorgossipingshunning

Remind the people of these facts, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God to avoid petty controversy over words, which does no good, and [upsets and undermines and] ruins [the faith of] those who listen. Verse ConceptsFutilityDiscorddisagreementsInfluenceUseless ThingsArguingQuarrelsDestruction Of The WickedReminders Of The GospelUseless WordsAvoid QuarrelsUseless Words And ThinkingErrorPositive Thinkingdistractionsremembrancestrivingdoctrine

Some individuals have wandered away from these things into empty arguments and useless discussions, Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse Teachers, Characteristics OfWanderersDiscussionsUseless WordsReciprocityMissing The MarkMissing Someone