Thematic Bible: Foolish questions 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

But certain individuals have missed the mark on this very matter [and] have wandered away into vain arguments and discussions and purposeless talk. They are ambitious to be doctors of the Law (teachers of the Mosaic ritual), but they have no understanding either of the words and terms they use or of the subjects about which they make [such] dogmatic assertions.