2 Timothy 2:16
But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness,
World English Bible
In The King James Version
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
In Context
17and those words will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus:
Cross References
Ezra 10:10Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, increasing the guilt of Israel.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
2 Thessalonians 2:7For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.
1 Timothy 6:20Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge,
2 Timothy 3:13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Titus 1:14not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 2:15-19
Cautions against Error. ( a. d. 66.) 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus; 18 Who concerning the truth have… Read the whole commentary →