16 But (A)avoid (B)irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

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16 Avoid godless chatter,(A) because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.

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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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But avoid(A) foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels(B) about the law,(C) because these are unprofitable and useless.(D)

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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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20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted(A) to your care. Turn away from godless chatter(B) and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,

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For (A)the mystery of lawlessness (B)is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then (C)the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus (D)will kill with (E)the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by (F)the appearance of his coming.

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For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back(A) will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed,(B) whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth(C) and destroy by the splendor of his coming.(D)

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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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14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths(A) or to the merely human commands(B) of those who reject the truth.(C)

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12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
    and pursues (A)the east wind all day long;
they multiply (B)falsehood and violence;
    (C)they make a covenant with Assyria,
    and (D)oil is carried to Egypt.

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12 [a]Ephraim(A) feeds on the wind;(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.

10 And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.

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10 Then Ezra(A) the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful; you have married foreign women, adding to Israel’s guilt.(B)

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One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and (A)the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.

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One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed.(A) The whole world was filled with wonder(B) and followed the beast.

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18 For, (A)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (B)escaping from those who live in error.

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18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error.

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And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth (A)will be blasphemed.

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Many will follow their depraved conduct(A) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

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15 See to it that no one (A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no (B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

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15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God(A) and that no bitter root(B) grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

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11 They must be silenced, since (A)they are upsetting whole families by teaching (B)for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.

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11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households(A) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.

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13 while (A)evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and (B)being deceived.

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13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse,(A) deceiving and being deceived.(B)

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