Guard the Faith

20 O Timothy! (A)Guard what was committed to your trust, (B)avoiding the profane and [a]idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge— 21 by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith.

Grace be with you. Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:20 empty chatter

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