1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, watch over that which is confided to thee, and fly from vain words, and the turnings of false knowledge.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
21For they who pursue it err from the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
Cross References
Acts 17:18and the philosophers also who were of the doctrine of Epikuros, and others who were called Estoiku, disputed with him. And some of them said, What willeth this accumulator of words? And others said, He preaches foreign gods; because Jeshu and his resurrection he preached unto them.
Romans 1:22And while thinking in themselves that they were wise, they were fools.
1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And I will take away the understanding of the prudent.
1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is folly with Aloha; for it is written, He hath taken the wise in their own craftiness.
Colossians 2:18And lest any man wish by abasement of mind to fetter you to be subject to the worship of angels, intruding upon that which he hath not seen, and vainly inflated in his fleshly mind;
2 Thessalonians 2:15Wherefore, my brethren, stand fast, and persevere in the precepts which you have been taught, whether by word, or by our epistle.
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 →