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2 Timothy 2:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Timothy 2:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, and [a]protest before the Lord, that they strive not about words, which is to no profit, but to the perverting of the hearers.
15 [b]Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, dividing the word of truth [c]aright.
16 [d]Stay profane, and vain babblings: [e]for they shall increase unto more ungodliness.
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- 2 Timothy 2:14 Call God to witness, or as a Judge: as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and Paul himself did, Acts 20.
- 2 Timothy 2:15 The fifth admonition: A minister must not be an idle disputer, but a faithful steward in dividing aright the word of truth, insomuch that he must stop the mouths of other vain babblers.
- 2 Timothy 2:15 By adding nothing to it, neither overslipping anything, neither mangling it, nor renting it in sunder, nor wresting of it: but marking diligently what his hearers are able to hear, and what is fit to edifying.
- 2 Timothy 2:16 Mark and watch, and see they creep not on further.
- 2 Timothy 2:16 He discovereth the subtlety of Satan, who beginning with these principles draweth us by little and little to ungodliness through the means of that wicked and profane babbling, still creeping on: which he proveth by the horrible example of them that taught that, the resurrection was already past.
2 Timothy 2:14-16
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2 Timothy 2:14-16
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Dealing With False Teachers
14 Keep reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words;(A) it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.(B) 16 Avoid godless chatter,(C) because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.
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