1 Timothy 6:5

and the disputation of men, whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth, and who suppose that gain is godliness. But from these stand thou aloof.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

In Context

4he is one that exalteth himself, while he knoweth nothing; and he languisheth in the search and inquiry about words, from which come envy, and contention, and railing, and evil surmising,

6But great is our gain, which is the fear of God, with the use of our competence.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruits good; or make the tree bad, and its fruits bad: for a tree is known by its fruits.

Matthew 23:13Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour the houses of widows, under the disguise of protracting your prayers. Therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation.

Acts 8:18And when Simon saw that, by the imposition of a hand of the legates, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 6:2-6

The Duty of Servants. ( a. d. 64.) 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the… Read the whole commentary →

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