Guard the Heritage

20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you,(A) avoiding(B) irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge.(C) 21 By professing it, some(D) people have departed from the faith.(E)

Grace be with you all.

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Final Charge and Benediction

20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Turn away from pointless empty talk and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge, 21 which some, by[a] professing it, have deviated concerning the faith. Grace be with you all.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:21 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“professing”) which is understood as means