1 Timothy 6:20
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20 O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. (A)Avoid the (B)irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,”
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Colossians 2:8
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8 See to it that no one takes you captive by (A)philosophy and (B)empty deceit, according to (C)human tradition, according to the (D)elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ.
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- Colossians 2:8 Or elementary principles; also verse 20
2 Timothy 2:16
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16 But (A)avoid (B)irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
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2 Timothy 1:12-14
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12 (A)which is why I suffer as I do. But (B)I am not ashamed, for (C)I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until (D)that day (E)what has been entrusted to me.[a] 13 (F)Follow (G)the pattern of (H)the sound[b] words (I)that you have heard from me, in (J)the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 By the Holy Spirit (K)who dwells within us, guard (L)the good deposit entrusted to you.
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- 2 Timothy 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit
- 2 Timothy 1:13 Or healthy
Colossians 2:18
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18 Let no one (A)disqualify you, (B)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, (C)going on in detail about visions,[a] (D)puffed up without reason by (E)his sensuous mind,
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- Colossians 2:18 Or about the things he has seen
2 Timothy 3:14-16
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14 But as for you, (A)continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom[a] you learned it 15 and how (B)from childhood you have been acquainted with (C)the sacred writings, (D)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 (E)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
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- 2 Timothy 3:14 The Greek for whom is plural
1 Timothy 6:14
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14 to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until (A)the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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2 Thessalonians 2:15
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15 So then, brothers, (A)stand firm and hold to (B)the traditions that you were taught by us, either (C)by our spoken word or by (D)our letter.
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Romans 3:2
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2 Much in every way. To begin with, (A)the Jews were entrusted with (B)the oracles of God.
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Titus 3:9
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9 But (A)avoid foolish (B)controversies, (C)genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for (D)they are unprofitable and worthless.
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Titus 1:14
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14 (A)not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and (B)the commands of people (C)who turn away from the truth.
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Titus 1:9
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9 He must (A)hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in (B)sound[a] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
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2 Timothy 2:1
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A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus
2 You then, (A)my child, (B)be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
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1 Timothy 4:7
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7 Have nothing to do with irreverent, (A)silly myths. Rather (B)train yourself for godliness;
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1 Timothy 1:11
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11 in accordance with (A)the gospel of the glory of (B)the blessed God (C)with which I have been entrusted.
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1 Timothy 1:6
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6 Certain persons, by (A)swerving from these, have wandered away into (B)vain discussion,
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1 Timothy 1:4
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4 nor (A)to devote themselves to myths and endless (B)genealogies, which promote (C)speculations rather than the stewardship[a] from God that is by faith.
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- 1 Timothy 1:4 Or good order
2 Thessalonians 1:4
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4 Therefore (A)we ourselves boast about you (B)in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith (C)in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
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1 Corinthians 3:19
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19 For (A)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, (B)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
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1 Corinthians 2:6
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Wisdom from the Spirit
6 Yet among (A)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not (B)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, (C)who are doomed to pass away.
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1 Corinthians 1:19-23
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19 For it is written,
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 (B)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach[a] to save those who believe. 22 For (D)Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ (E)crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
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- 1 Corinthians 1:21 Or the folly of preaching
Acts 17:21
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21 Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.
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Acts 17:18
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18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, (A)“What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because (B)he was preaching (C)Jesus and the resurrection.
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Revelation 3:3
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3 (A)Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, (B)I will come (C)like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
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Titus 1:4
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4 To Titus, (A)my true child in (B)a common faith:
(C)Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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