²⁴ but to those who are ^(A)the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(B)the power of God and ^(C)the wisdom of God.

¹⁷ that the ^(A)God of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(B)the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of ^(C)wisdom and of ^(D)revelation in the ^[a]knowledge of Him.

^20 (A)Timothy, protect ^(B)what has been entrusted to you, avoiding ^(C)worldly, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”—

^20 (A)If you have died with Christ ^[a]to the ^(B)elementary principles of the world, ^(C)why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to ^(D)decrees, such as, ²¹ “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”