1 Timothy 6:20
ContextNET © | O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid 1 the profane chatter and absurdities 2 of so-called “knowledge.” 3 |
NIV © | Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, |
NASB © | O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge"— |
NLT © | Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so–called knowledge. |
MSG © | And oh, my dear Timothy, guard the treasure you were given! Guard it with your life. Avoid the talk-show religion and the practiced confusion of the so-called experts. |
BBE © | O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named; |
NRSV © | Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge; |
NKJV © | O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge–– |
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NET © | O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid 1 the profane chatter and absurdities 2 of so-called “knowledge.” 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “avoiding.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. 2 tn Or “contradictions.” 3 tn Grk “the falsely named knowledge.” |