1 Timothy 1:4-7
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4 [a]Neither that they give heed to fables and [b]genealogies which are endless, which breed questions rather than godly edifying which is by faith.
5 (A)[c] For the end of the [d]commandment is [e]love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.
6 [f]From the which things some have erred, and have turned unto vain jangling.
7 [g]They would be doctors of the Law, and yet understand not what they speak, neither whereof they affirm.
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- 1 Timothy 1:4 The doctrine is corrupted not only by false opinions, but also by vain and curious speculations: the declaration and utterance whereof can nothing help our faith.
- 1 Timothy 1:4 He noteth out one kind of vain question.
- 1 Timothy 1:5 The second admonition is, that the right use and practice of the doctrine must be joined with the doctrine. And that consisteth in pure charity, and a good conscience, and true faith.
- 1 Timothy 1:5 Of the Law.
- 1 Timothy 1:5 There is neither love without a good conscience, nor a good conscience without faith, nor faith without the word of God.
- 1 Timothy 1:6 That which he spake before generally of vain and curious controversies, he applieth to them, which pretending a zeal of the Law, dwelled upon outward things, and never made an end of babbling of foolish trifles.
- 1 Timothy 1:7 There are none more unlearned, and more impudent in usurping the name of holiness, than foolish sophistical babblers.
1 Timothy 6:20
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20 [a]O Timothy, keep that which is committed unto thee, and avoid profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called,
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- 1 Timothy 6:20 He rehearseth the chiefest of all the former exhortations, which ought to be deeply imprinted in the minds of all ministers of the word, to wit, that they eschew all vain babblings of sophistry and continue in the simplicity of sincere doctrine.
2 Timothy 2:16
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16 [a]Stay profane, and vain babblings: [b]for they shall increase unto more ungodliness.
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- 2 Timothy 2:16 Mark and watch, and see they creep not on further.
- 2 Timothy 2:16 He discovereth the subtlety of Satan, who beginning with these principles draweth us by little and little to ungodliness through the means of that wicked and profane babbling, still creeping on: which he proveth by the horrible example of them that taught that, the resurrection was already past.
Titus 1:1
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The Epistle of Paul to Titus
1 6 He showeth what kind of men ought to be chosen Ministers: 10 how vain babblers’ mouths should be stopped: 12 and through this occasion he toucheth the nature of the Cretans, 14 and the Jews, who put boldness in outward things.
1 Paul [a]a [b]servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s [c]elect, [d]and the acknowledging of the truth, which is according unto godliness.
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- Titus 1:1 He voucheth his Apostleship, (not for Titus, but for the Cretans’ sake) both by the testimony of his outward calling, and by his consent wherein he agreeth with all the elect from the beginning of the world.
- Titus 1:1 Minister, as Christ himself, in that that he was a minister and head of the Prophets, is called a servant, Isa. 43:10.
- Titus 1:1 Of those whom God hath chosen.
- Titus 1:1 The faith wherein all the elect consent, is the true and sincere knowledge of God, tending to this end, that worshipping God aright that they at length obtain life everlasting according to the promise of God, who is true, which promise was exhibited to Christ in due time according to his eternal purpose.
Titus 1:2
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2 Unto the [a]hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, hath [b]promised before the (A)[c]world began:
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- Titus 1:2 Hope is the end of faith.
- Titus 1:2 Freely, and of his mere liberality.
- Titus 1:2 See 2 Tim. 1:9.
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