16 But shun profane and [a]idle babblings, for they will [b]increase to more ungodliness.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 2:16 empty chatter
  2. 2 Timothy 2:16 lead

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

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Avoid Dissension

But (A)avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.

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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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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—

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:20 empty chatter

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 [a]mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only [b]He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, (B)whom the Lord will consume (C)with the breath of His mouth and destroy (D)with the brightness of His coming.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 hidden truth
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Or he

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 not giving heed to Jewish fables and (A)commandments of men who turn 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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Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God

12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [a]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [b]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.

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  1. Hosea 12:1 ruin
  2. Hosea 12:1 Or treaty

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 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have [a]transgressed and [b]have taken pagan wives, adding to the guilt of Israel.

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  1. Ezra 10:10 acted unfaithfully
  2. Ezra 10:10 Heb. have caused to dwell or have brought back

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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And I saw one of his heads (A)as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And (B)all the world marveled and 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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Deceptions of False Teachers

18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [a]have actually escaped from those who live in error.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping

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 destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth 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 looking carefully lest anyone (A)fall short of the grace of God; lest any (B)root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this 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 whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, (A)for the sake of dishonest gain.

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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 (A)But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and 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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