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15 Make every effort to present yourself to God as one who is approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, correctly handling[a] the word of truth. 16 As for pointless chatter, avoid it, for it will lead to an ever greater measure of godlessness, 17 and their message will spread like gangrene. This includes Hymenaeus and Philetus,

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  1. 2 Timothy 2:15 Or rightly dividing (literally cutting straight or cutting a straight path)

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.(A) 16 Avoid godless chatter,(B) because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus(C) and Philetus,

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