20 O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. (A)Avoid the (B)irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” 21 for by professing it some have swerved from the faith.

(C)Grace be with you.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:21 The Greek for you is plural

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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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