1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to your charge, avoiding those profane and empty babblings, and disputations about knowledge falsely so called;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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Acts 17:18And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him; and some said: What can this babbler possibly wish to say? Others said: He seems to be a proclaimer of strange demons: for he preached to them Jesus and the Resurrection.
Romans 1:22professing to be wise, they became foolish,
1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; and I will set aside the understanding of the prudent.
1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written: He takes the wise in their own craftiness.
Colossians 2:18Let no one gain his purpose in depriving you of the palm by an affected humility and worship of angels, prying into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
2 Thessalonians 2:15Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 6:14-21
The Apostle's Solemn Charge; Caution to Rich. ( a. d. 64.) 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15 Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;… Read the whole commentary →