1 Timothy 6:20 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...

6:20 AMP

逐节对照

Amplified 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”—
新标点和合本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所托付你的，躲避世俗的虚谈和那敌真道、似是而非的学问。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 提摩太啊，要持守所给你的托付。要躲避世俗的空谈和那假冒知识的矛盾言论。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 提摩太啊，要持守所给你的托付。要躲避世俗的空谈和那假冒知识的矛盾言论。
当代译本 - 提摩太啊，你要持守所托付给你的，避开世俗的空谈和那些违背真理、似是而非的学问。
圣经新译本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所交托你的，避免世俗的空谈和冒称是知识的那种反调；
中文标准译本 - 哦，提摩太呀！你要保守那所受的托付，避开那些不敬神的空谈和假冒知识之名的反对论。
现代标点和合本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所托付你的，躲避世俗的虚谈和那敌真道、似是而非的学问。
和合本（拼音版） - 提摩太啊，你要保守所托付你的，躲避世俗的虚谈和那敌真道、似是而非的学问。
New International Version - Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
New International Reader's Version - Timothy, guard what God has trusted you with. Turn away from godless chatter. Stay away from opposing ideas that are falsely called knowledge.
English Standard Version - O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,”
New Living Translation - Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so-called knowledge.
The Message - And oh, my dear Timothy, guard the treasure you were given! Guard it with your life. Avoid the talk-show religion and the practiced confusion of the so-called experts. People caught up in a lot of talk can miss the whole point of faith. Overwhelming grace keep you!
Christian Standard Bible - Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge.
New American Standard Bible - Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”—
New King James Version - O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—
American Standard Version - O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
King James Version - O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
New English Translation - O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called “knowledge.”
World English Bible - Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge,
新標點和合本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所託付你的，躲避世俗的虛談和那敵真道、似是而非的學問。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 提摩太啊，要持守所給你的託付。要躲避世俗的空談和那假冒知識的矛盾言論。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 提摩太啊，要持守所給你的託付。要躲避世俗的空談和那假冒知識的矛盾言論。
當代譯本 - 提摩太啊，你要持守所託付給你的，避開世俗的空談和那些違背真理、似是而非的學問。
聖經新譯本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所交託你的，避免世俗的空談和冒稱是知識的那種反調；
呂振中譯本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守住所受的託付，要躲避凡俗的空談、和假稱為「知識」之對比論。
中文標準譯本 - 哦，提摩太呀！你要保守那所受的託付，避開那些不敬神的空談和假冒知識之名的反對論。
現代標點和合本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所託付你的，躲避世俗的虛談和那敵真道、似是而非的學問。
文理和合譯本 - 提摩太乎、宜守所託、遠不經之空談、及偽智之抵禦、
文理委辦譯本 - 提摩太乎、當守所托之命、棄妄論浮詞、偽為智慧之辯、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 提摩太乎、爾當守所託付爾者、避妄論虛詞、及偽稱智慧之辨問、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蒂茂德乎、所授於汝之託付、汝其謹守勿失。凡支離忘本之空談、似是而非之詭辯、皆汝所應深惡而痛絕也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Timoteo, ¡cuida bien lo que se te ha confiado! Evita las discusiones profanas e inútiles, y los argumentos de la falsa ciencia.
현대인의 성경 - 디모데여, 그대는 맡은 일을 잘 실천하시오. 거짓된 지식에서 나오는 모독적인 무가치한 잡담과 변론을 피하시오.
Новый Русский Перевод - Тимофей, храни то, что тебе вверено. Не занимайся безбожным пустословием и спорами о том, что ложно называют знанием.
Восточный перевод - Тиметей, храни то, что тебе вверено. Не занимайся безбожным пустословием и спорами о том, что ложно называют знанием.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Тиметей, храни то, что тебе вверено. Не занимайся безбожным пустословием и спорами о том, что ложно называют знанием.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Тиметей, храни то, что тебе вверено. Не занимайся безбожным пустословием и спорами о том, что ложно называют знанием.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - O Timothée, garde intact ce qui t’a été confié. Evite les discours creux et les arguments de ce que l’on appelle à tort « la connaissance », car ils sont contraires à la foi.
リビングバイブル - テモテよ。神から託された任務を完全に果たしなさい。知識を鼻にかけ、無知をさらけ出しているような人と、無益な議論にふけることがないよう気をつけなさい。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ὦ Τιμόθεε, τὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον ἐκτρεπόμενος τὰς βεβήλους κενοφωνίας καὶ ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὦ Τιμόθεε, τὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον, ἐκτρεπόμενος τὰς βεβήλους κενοφωνίας καὶ ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως,
Nova Versão Internacional - Timóteo, guarde o que foi confiado a você. Evite as conversas inúteis e profanas e as ideias contraditórias do que é falsamente chamado conhecimento;
Hoffnung für alle - Lieber Timotheus, bewahre sorgfältig, was Gott dir anvertraut hat! Halte dich fern von allem gottlosen Geschwätz und dem Gerede von Leuten, die eine angeblich so neue Erkenntnis verkünden und damit der rettenden Botschaft widersprechen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ti-mô-thê con, hãy giữ những điều Chúa đã ủy thác cho con, tránh những lời phàm tục và những cuộc tranh luận về lý thuyết mạo xưng là “tri thức.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ทิโมธีเอ๋ย จงพิทักษ์รักษาสิ่งที่ท่านได้รับมอบหมาย จงหลีกหนีจากการพูดคุยอันไร้สาระ และความคิดขัดแย้งที่สำคัญผิดว่าเป็นความรู้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ทิโมธีเอ๋ย จงรักษาสิ่งที่ถูกมอบให้อยู่ในความดูแลของท่านไว้ให้ดี จงเลี่ยงจากการพูดที่ไร้คุณธรรม และการขัดแย้งในการโต้เถียงซึ่งเรียกกันอย่างผิดๆ ว่าเป็น “ความรู้”

交叉引用

Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Revelation 3:3 - So remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and repent [change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin]. So then, if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
1 Timothy 6:11 - But as for you, O man of God, flee from these things; aim at and pursue righteousness [true goodness, moral conformity to the character of God], godliness [the fear of God], faith, love, steadfastness, and gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:4 - he is conceited and woefully ignorant [understanding nothing]. He has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, which produces envy, quarrels, verbal abuse, evil suspicions,
1 Timothy 6:5 - and perpetual friction between men who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who think that godliness is a source of profit [a lucrative, money-making business—withdraw from them].
Titus 1:4 - To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
1 Corinthians 2:6 - Yet we do speak wisdom among those spiritually mature [believers who have teachable hearts and a greater understanding]; but [it is a higher] wisdom not [the wisdom] of this present age nor of the rulers and leaders of this age, who are passing away;
Titus 3:9 - But avoid foolish and ill-informed and stupid controversies and genealogies and dissensions and quarrels about the Law, for they are unprofitable and useless.
1 Timothy 1:11 - according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
1 Corinthians 3:19 - For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (absurdity, stupidity) before God; for it is written [in Scripture], “[He is] The one who catches the wise and clever in their craftiness;”
1 Timothy 1:6 - Some individuals have wandered away from these things into empty arguments and useless discussions,
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Therefore, we speak of you with pride among the churches of God for your steadfastness [your unflinching endurance, and patience] and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecution and [crushing] distress which you endure.
Titus 1:9 - He must hold firmly to the trustworthy word [of God] as it was taught to him, so that he will be able both to give accurate instruction in sound [reliable, error-free] doctrine and to refute those who contradict [it by explaining their error].
Titus 1:14 - not paying attention to Jewish myths and the commandments and rules of men who turn their backs on the truth.
1 Corinthians 1:19 - For it is written and forever remains written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers], And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
1 Corinthians 1:21 - For since the world through all its [earthly] wisdom failed to recognize God, God in His wisdom was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached [regarding salvation] to save those who believe [in Christ and welcome Him as Savior].
1 Corinthians 1:22 - For Jews demand signs (attesting miracles), and Greeks pursue [worldly] wisdom and philosophy,
1 Corinthians 1:23 - but we preach Christ crucified, [a message which is] to Jews a stumbling block [that provokes their opposition], and to Gentiles foolishness [just utter nonsense],
Acts 17:18 - And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to engage in conversation with him. And some said, “What could this idle babbler [with his eclectic, scrap-heap learning] have in mind to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities”—because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
1 Timothy 4:7 - But have nothing to do with irreverent folklore and silly myths. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness [keeping yourself spiritually fit].
2 Timothy 2:1 - So you, my son, be strong [constantly strengthened] and empowered in the grace that is [to be found only] in Christ Jesus.
Acts 17:21 - (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners visiting there used to spend their [leisure] time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)
1 Timothy 1:4 - nor to pay attention to legends (fables, myths) and endless genealogies, which give rise to useless speculation and meaningless arguments rather than advancing God’s program of instruction which is grounded in faith [and requires surrendering the entire self to God in absolute trust and confidence].
2 Thessalonians 2:15 - So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold [tightly] to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.
Colossians 2:18 - Let no one defraud you of your prize [your freedom in Christ and your salvation] by insisting on mock humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about visions [he claims] he has seen [to justify his authority], puffed up [in conceit] by his unspiritual mind,
2 Timothy 1:12 - This is why I suffer as I do. Still, I am not ashamed; for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in the truth of His deity], and I am persuaded [beyond any doubt] that He is able to guard that which I have entrusted to Him until that day [when I stand before Him].
2 Timothy 1:13 - Keep and follow the pattern of sound teaching (doctrine) which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:14 - Guard [with greatest care] and keep unchanged, the treasure [that precious truth] which has been entrusted to you [that is, the good news about salvation through personal faith in Christ Jesus], through [the help of] the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
Romans 3:2 - Great in every respect. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God [His very words].
1 Timothy 6:14 - to keep all His precepts without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Timothy 3:14 - But as for you, continue in the things that you have learned and of which you are convinced [holding tightly to the truths], knowing from whom you learned them,
2 Timothy 3:15 - and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures) which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness].
2 Timothy 3:16 - All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage];
2 Timothy 2:16 - But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,
Colossians 2:8 - See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception [pseudo-intellectual babble], according to the tradition [and musings] of mere men, following the elementary principles of this world, rather than following [the truth—the teachings of] Christ.

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified 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”—
新标点和合本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所托付你的，躲避世俗的虚谈和那敌真道、似是而非的学问。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 提摩太啊，要持守所给你的托付。要躲避世俗的空谈和那假冒知识的矛盾言论。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 提摩太啊，要持守所给你的托付。要躲避世俗的空谈和那假冒知识的矛盾言论。
当代译本 - 提摩太啊，你要持守所托付给你的，避开世俗的空谈和那些违背真理、似是而非的学问。
圣经新译本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所交托你的，避免世俗的空谈和冒称是知识的那种反调；
中文标准译本 - 哦，提摩太呀！你要保守那所受的托付，避开那些不敬神的空谈和假冒知识之名的反对论。
现代标点和合本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所托付你的，躲避世俗的虚谈和那敌真道、似是而非的学问。
和合本（拼音版） - 提摩太啊，你要保守所托付你的，躲避世俗的虚谈和那敌真道、似是而非的学问。
New International Version - Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
New International Reader's Version - Timothy, guard what God has trusted you with. Turn away from godless chatter. Stay away from opposing ideas that are falsely called knowledge.
English Standard Version - O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,”
New Living Translation - Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so-called knowledge.
The Message - And oh, my dear Timothy, guard the treasure you were given! Guard it with your life. Avoid the talk-show religion and the practiced confusion of the so-called experts. People caught up in a lot of talk can miss the whole point of faith. Overwhelming grace keep you!
Christian Standard Bible - Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge.
New American Standard Bible - Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”—
New King James Version - O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—
American Standard Version - O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
King James Version - O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
New English Translation - O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called “knowledge.”
World English Bible - Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge,
新標點和合本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所託付你的，躲避世俗的虛談和那敵真道、似是而非的學問。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 提摩太啊，要持守所給你的託付。要躲避世俗的空談和那假冒知識的矛盾言論。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 提摩太啊，要持守所給你的託付。要躲避世俗的空談和那假冒知識的矛盾言論。
當代譯本 - 提摩太啊，你要持守所託付給你的，避開世俗的空談和那些違背真理、似是而非的學問。
聖經新譯本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所交託你的，避免世俗的空談和冒稱是知識的那種反調；
呂振中譯本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守住所受的託付，要躲避凡俗的空談、和假稱為「知識」之對比論。
中文標準譯本 - 哦，提摩太呀！你要保守那所受的託付，避開那些不敬神的空談和假冒知識之名的反對論。
現代標點和合本 - 提摩太啊，你要保守所託付你的，躲避世俗的虛談和那敵真道、似是而非的學問。
文理和合譯本 - 提摩太乎、宜守所託、遠不經之空談、及偽智之抵禦、
文理委辦譯本 - 提摩太乎、當守所托之命、棄妄論浮詞、偽為智慧之辯、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 提摩太乎、爾當守所託付爾者、避妄論虛詞、及偽稱智慧之辨問、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蒂茂德乎、所授於汝之託付、汝其謹守勿失。凡支離忘本之空談、似是而非之詭辯、皆汝所應深惡而痛絕也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Timoteo, ¡cuida bien lo que se te ha confiado! Evita las discusiones profanas e inútiles, y los argumentos de la falsa ciencia.
현대인의 성경 - 디모데여, 그대는 맡은 일을 잘 실천하시오. 거짓된 지식에서 나오는 모독적인 무가치한 잡담과 변론을 피하시오.
Новый Русский Перевод - Тимофей, храни то, что тебе вверено. Не занимайся безбожным пустословием и спорами о том, что ложно называют знанием.
Восточный перевод - Тиметей, храни то, что тебе вверено. Не занимайся безбожным пустословием и спорами о том, что ложно называют знанием.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Тиметей, храни то, что тебе вверено. Не занимайся безбожным пустословием и спорами о том, что ложно называют знанием.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Тиметей, храни то, что тебе вверено. Не занимайся безбожным пустословием и спорами о том, что ложно называют знанием.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - O Timothée, garde intact ce qui t’a été confié. Evite les discours creux et les arguments de ce que l’on appelle à tort « la connaissance », car ils sont contraires à la foi.
リビングバイブル - テモテよ。神から託された任務を完全に果たしなさい。知識を鼻にかけ、無知をさらけ出しているような人と、無益な議論にふけることがないよう気をつけなさい。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ὦ Τιμόθεε, τὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον ἐκτρεπόμενος τὰς βεβήλους κενοφωνίας καὶ ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὦ Τιμόθεε, τὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον, ἐκτρεπόμενος τὰς βεβήλους κενοφωνίας καὶ ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως,
Nova Versão Internacional - Timóteo, guarde o que foi confiado a você. Evite as conversas inúteis e profanas e as ideias contraditórias do que é falsamente chamado conhecimento;
Hoffnung für alle - Lieber Timotheus, bewahre sorgfältig, was Gott dir anvertraut hat! Halte dich fern von allem gottlosen Geschwätz und dem Gerede von Leuten, die eine angeblich so neue Erkenntnis verkünden und damit der rettenden Botschaft widersprechen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ti-mô-thê con, hãy giữ những điều Chúa đã ủy thác cho con, tránh những lời phàm tục và những cuộc tranh luận về lý thuyết mạo xưng là “tri thức.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ทิโมธีเอ๋ย จงพิทักษ์รักษาสิ่งที่ท่านได้รับมอบหมาย จงหลีกหนีจากการพูดคุยอันไร้สาระ และความคิดขัดแย้งที่สำคัญผิดว่าเป็นความรู้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ทิโมธีเอ๋ย จงรักษาสิ่งที่ถูกมอบให้อยู่ในความดูแลของท่านไว้ให้ดี จงเลี่ยงจากการพูดที่ไร้คุณธรรม และการขัดแย้งในการโต้เถียงซึ่งเรียกกันอย่างผิดๆ ว่าเป็น “ความรู้”

Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Revelation 3:3 - So remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and repent [change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin]. So then, if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
1 Timothy 6:11 - But as for you, O man of God, flee from these things; aim at and pursue righteousness [true goodness, moral conformity to the character of God], godliness [the fear of God], faith, love, steadfastness, and gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:4 - he is conceited and woefully ignorant [understanding nothing]. He has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, which produces envy, quarrels, verbal abuse, evil suspicions,
1 Timothy 6:5 - and perpetual friction between men who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who think that godliness is a source of profit [a lucrative, money-making business—withdraw from them].
Titus 1:4 - To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
1 Corinthians 2:6 - Yet we do speak wisdom among those spiritually mature [believers who have teachable hearts and a greater understanding]; but [it is a higher] wisdom not [the wisdom] of this present age nor of the rulers and leaders of this age, who are passing away;
Titus 3:9 - But avoid foolish and ill-informed and stupid controversies and genealogies and dissensions and quarrels about the Law, for they are unprofitable and useless.
1 Timothy 1:11 - according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
1 Corinthians 3:19 - For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (absurdity, stupidity) before God; for it is written [in Scripture], “[He is] The one who catches the wise and clever in their craftiness;”
1 Timothy 1:6 - Some individuals have wandered away from these things into empty arguments and useless discussions,
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Therefore, we speak of you with pride among the churches of God for your steadfastness [your unflinching endurance, and patience] and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecution and [crushing] distress which you endure.
Titus 1:9 - He must hold firmly to the trustworthy word [of God] as it was taught to him, so that he will be able both to give accurate instruction in sound [reliable, error-free] doctrine and to refute those who contradict [it by explaining their error].
Titus 1:14 - not paying attention to Jewish myths and the commandments and rules of men who turn their backs on the truth.
1 Corinthians 1:19 - For it is written and forever remains written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the philosophy of the philosophers], And the cleverness of the clever [who do not know Me] I will nullify.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 - Where is the wise man (philosopher)? Where is the scribe (scholar)? Where is the debater (logician, orator) of this age? Has God not exposed the foolishness of this world’s wisdom?
1 Corinthians 1:21 - For since the world through all its [earthly] wisdom failed to recognize God, God in His wisdom was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached [regarding salvation] to save those who believe [in Christ and welcome Him as Savior].
1 Corinthians 1:22 - For Jews demand signs (attesting miracles), and Greeks pursue [worldly] wisdom and philosophy,
1 Corinthians 1:23 - but we preach Christ crucified, [a message which is] to Jews a stumbling block [that provokes their opposition], and to Gentiles foolishness [just utter nonsense],
Acts 17:18 - And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to engage in conversation with him. And some said, “What could this idle babbler [with his eclectic, scrap-heap learning] have in mind to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities”—because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
1 Timothy 4:7 - But have nothing to do with irreverent folklore and silly myths. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness [keeping yourself spiritually fit].
2 Timothy 2:1 - So you, my son, be strong [constantly strengthened] and empowered in the grace that is [to be found only] in Christ Jesus.
Acts 17:21 - (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners visiting there used to spend their [leisure] time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)
1 Timothy 1:4 - nor to pay attention to legends (fables, myths) and endless genealogies, which give rise to useless speculation and meaningless arguments rather than advancing God’s program of instruction which is grounded in faith [and requires surrendering the entire self to God in absolute trust and confidence].
2 Thessalonians 2:15 - So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold [tightly] to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.
Colossians 2:18 - Let no one defraud you of your prize [your freedom in Christ and your salvation] by insisting on mock humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about visions [he claims] he has seen [to justify his authority], puffed up [in conceit] by his unspiritual mind,
2 Timothy 1:12 - This is why I suffer as I do. Still, I am not ashamed; for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in the truth of His deity], and I am persuaded [beyond any doubt] that He is able to guard that which I have entrusted to Him until that day [when I stand before Him].
2 Timothy 1:13 - Keep and follow the pattern of sound teaching (doctrine) which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:14 - Guard [with greatest care] and keep unchanged, the treasure [that precious truth] which has been entrusted to you [that is, the good news about salvation through personal faith in Christ Jesus], through [the help of] the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
Romans 3:2 - Great in every respect. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God [His very words].
1 Timothy 6:14 - to keep all His precepts without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Timothy 3:14 - But as for you, continue in the things that you have learned and of which you are convinced [holding tightly to the truths], knowing from whom you learned them,
2 Timothy 3:15 - and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures) which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness].
2 Timothy 3:16 - All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage];
2 Timothy 2:16 - But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,
Colossians 2:8 - See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception [pseudo-intellectual babble], according to the tradition [and musings] of mere men, following the elementary principles of this world, rather than following [the truth—the teachings of] Christ.