1 Timothy 6:20

Weymouth NT

O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called `knowledge';

Cross References

Acts 16:1

He also came to Derbe and to Lystra. At Lystra he found a disciple, Timothy by name–the son of a Christian Jewess, though he had a Greek father.

Acts 17:18

A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him. Some of them asked, »What has this beggarly babbler to say?«»His business,« said others, »seems to be to cry up some foreign gods.« This was because he had been telling the Good News of Jesus and the Resurrection.

Acts 17:21

(For all the Athenians and their foreign visitors used to devote their whole leisure to telling or hearing about something new.)

Romans 1:22

While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,

Romans 3:2

The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet when we are among mature believers we do speak words of wisdom; a wisdom not belonging, however, to the present age nor to the leaders of the present age who are soon to pass away.

1 Corinthians 3:19

This world's wisdom is »foolishness« in God's sight; for it is written, »He snares the wise with their own cunning.«

Colossians 2:18

Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts.

Colossians 2:8

Take care lest there be some one who leads you away as prisoners by means of his philosophy and idle fancies, following human traditions and the world's crude notions instead of following Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

It so increases that we ourselves make honourable mention of you among the Churches of God because of your patience and faith amid all your persecutions and amid the afflictions which you are enduring.

2 Thessalonians 2:15

So then, brethren, stand your ground, and hold fast to the teachings which you have received from us, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

1 Timothy 1:11

and is not in accordance with the Good News of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

1 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy, my own true son in the faith. May grace, mercy and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Timothy 1:4

and the attention they bestow on mere fables and endless pedigrees, such as lead to controversy rather than to a true stewardship for God, which only exists where there is faith. And I make the same request now.

1 Timothy 1:6

From these some have drifted away, and have wandered into empty words.

1 Timothy 1:9

and remembers that a law is not enacted to control a righteous man, but for the lawless and rebellious, the irreligious and sinful, the godless and profane–for those who strike their fathers or their mothers, for murderers,

1 Timothy 4:7

But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with.

1 Timothy 6:11

But you, O man of God, must flee from these things; and strive for uprightness, godliness, good faith, love, fortitude, and a forgiving temper.

1 Timothy 6:14

that you keep God's commandments stainlessly and without reproach till the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 2:1

You then, my child, must be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:16

But from irreligious and frivolous talk hold aloof, for those who indulge in it will proceed from bad to worse in impiety,

Titus 1:14

and not give attention to Jewish legends and the maxims of men who turn their backs on the truth.

Titus 1:4

To Titus my own true child in our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Titus 1:9

holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents.

Titus 3:9

But hold yourself aloof from foolish controversies and pedigrees and discussions and wrangling about the Law, for they are useless and vain.

Revelation 3:3

Be mindful, therefore, of the lessons you have received and heard. Continually lay them to heart, and repent. If, however, you fail to rouse yourself and keep awake, I shall come upon you suddenly like a thief, and you will certainly not know the hour at which I shall come to judge you.