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1 Timothy 6:20–21

20 Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so-called knowledge. 21 Some people have wandered from the faith by following such foolishness.

May God’s grace be with you all.

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1 Timothy 6:20–21 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, 21 which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith.

Grace be with you all.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — English Standard Version (ESV)

20 O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” 21 for by professing it some have swerved from the faith.

Grace be with you.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—21 by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith.

Grace be with you. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 Timothy, guard what God has trusted to you. Stay away from foolish, useless talk and from the arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge.” 21 By saying they have that “knowledge,” some have missed the true faith.

Grace be with you.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called; 21 which some professing have erred concerning the faith.

Grace be with you.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge, 21 of which some having made profession, have missed the faith. Grace be with thee.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 Timothy, guard the Good News which has been entrusted to you. Turn away from pointless discussions and the claims of false knowledge that people use to oppose ⸤the Christian faith⸥. 21 Although some claim to have knowledge, they have abandoned the faith. 

God’s good willbe with all of you. 

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent, empty speech and contradictions from the “knowledge” that falsely bears that name. 21 By professing it, some people have deviated from the faith.

Grace be with all of you.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge; 21 by professing it some have missed the mark as regards the faith.

Grace be with you.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Turn away from pointless empty talk and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge, 21 which some, by professing it, have deviated concerning the faith. Grace be with you all.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 Timothy, guard what God has trusted you with. Turn away from godless chatter. Stay away from opposing ideas that are falsely called knowledge. 21 Some people believe them. By doing that they have wandered away from the faith.

May God’s grace be with you.

1 Timothy 6:20–21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely calledknowledge”—

21 which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith.

Grace be with you.


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