1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, be careful of that which is committed to thee; and shun vain words, and the oppositions of false science:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
21for they who profess it, have erred from the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
Cross References
Acts 17:18And also philosophers of the sect of Epicureans, and others who were called Stoics, disputed with him. And one and another of them said: What doth this word-monger mean? Others said: He announceth foreign deities; because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection.
Romans 1:22And, while they thought within themselves that they were wise, they became fools.
1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; and I will dissipate the intelligence of the sagacious.
1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is fatuity with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their own craftiness.
Colossians 2:18And let no one wish, by abasing the mind, to bring you under bonds, that ye subject yourselves to the worship of angels; while he is prying into that which he hath not seen, and is vainly inflated in his fleshly mind,
2 Thessalonians 2:15Therefore, my brethren, be established, and persevere in the precepts which ye 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 →