2 Timothy 2:16

But eschew thou [or shun thou] unholy and vain (or empty and useless) speeches, for why those profit much to unfaithfulness,

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

In Context

15Busily keep [or Take care] to give thyself (as) a proved, praiseable workman to God, without shame, rightly treating the word of truth. (Work hard to make thyself an approved, praiseworthy workman for God, without shame, correctly proclaiming the Word of Truth.)

17and the word of them creepeth as a canker. Of whom Philetus is, and Hymenaeus,

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Cross References

Ezra 10:10And Ezra, the priest, rose up, and said to them, Ye have trespassed, and ye have wedded wives, alien women, that ye should lay to, or increase, upon the trespass of Israel. (And Ezra, the priest, rose up, and said to them, Ye have trespassed, and ye have wedded wives, foreign women, and so ye have increased Israel’s trespass, or sin.)

1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not, that a little sourdough impaireth [or corrupteth] all the gobbet? (Your boasting, or your pride, is not good. Know ye not, that a little yeast corrupteth all the piece?)

2 Thessalonians 2:7For the private, [or the mystery], (or the secret), of wickedness worketh now; (so) only that he that holdeth (onto it) now, hold (firm), till he be done away.

1 Timothy 6:20Thou Timothy, keep the thing [or the deposit] betaken to thee, eschewing cursed novelties of voices, and opinions of (the) false name of cunning (or of knowing); (O Timothy, guard the deposit delivered unto thee, shunning the cursed novelties, or chattering, of voices, and opinions in the name of false knowledge;)

2 Timothy 3:13But evil men and deceivers shall increase into worse, erring [themselves], and sending [others] into error.

Titus 1:14not giving attention to (the) fables of (the) Jews, and to (the) commandments of men, that turn away them from (the) truth [or (that) turn them 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 →

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