2 Timothy 2:14 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁴ Remind them of these things and solemnly charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which is useless—to the ruin of those who are listening.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Remind [the people] of these facts and [solemnly] charge them in the presence of the Lord to avoid petty controversy over words, which does no good but upsets and undermines the faith of the hearers.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Remind them of these things and warn them in the sight of God not to engage in battles over words that aren’t helpful and only destroy those who hear them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Insist on these things, testifying before the Lord. Do not be contentious about words, for this is useful for nothing but the subversion of listeners.

2 Timothy 2:14 Tagairtí Cros

Jeremiah 16:19

Adonai, my strength, my stronghold, my refuge in the day of affliction, to You will the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, futility and useless things.”

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation changed its gods— even though they are not gods? Yet My people have exchanged their glory for worthless things.

Jeremiah 2:8

The kohanim did not ask, ‘Where is Adonai?’ The Torah experts did not know Me. The shepherds rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and went after unprofitable things.

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” declares Adonai, “and tell them, and so lead My people astray with their lies and with their reckless boasts. Yet I never sent them or commanded them. Nor do they benefit this people at all.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 23:36

But you should no longer remember ‘the burden of Adonai’—for to each one, his own word is becoming ‘the burden’! So you have perverted the words of the living God, of Adonai-Tzva’ot our God.

Jeremiah 7:8

Look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are empty.

Habakkuk 2:18

What use is an idol when its craftsman has carved it? Or a metal image—a teacher of lies? For a craftsman has trusted in the image that he created, to make dumb idols.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Acts 13:10

and said, “O you, full of all deceit and trickery, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness—will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

Acts 15:24

Since we have heard that some from among us have troubled you with words disturbing to your souls, although we gave them no such authorization,

Romans 14:1

Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of disputes about opinions.

Galatians 1:7

not that there is another, but only some who are confusing you and want to distort the Good News of Messiah.

Ephesians 4:17

So I tell you this, indeed I insist on it in the Lord—walk no longer as the pagans do, stumbling around in the futility of their thinking.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and appeal in the Lord Yeshua—just as you received from us the way you ought to walk and please God (as in fact you are walking)—that you keep progressing more and more.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, to keep away from every brother who behaves irresponsibly and not according to the tradition they received from us.

1 Timothy 1:4

or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These give rise to useless speculations rather than God’s training which is in faithfulness.

1 Timothy 1:6

Some, having missed the mark, have turned away to fruitless discussion—

1 Timothy 4:8

For physical exercise has some benefit; but godliness is beneficial for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the one to come.

1 Timothy 5:21

I solemnly charge you—before God and Messiah Yeshua and the chosen angels—to observe these things without taking sides, doing nothing out of favoritism.

1 Timothy 6:13

I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Messiah Yeshua who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

2 Timothy 1:6

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

2 Timothy 2:16

But avoid godless chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness

2 Timothy 2:23

But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they produce quarrels.

2 Timothy 4:1

I solemnly charge you—in the presence of God and Messiah Yeshua, who is about to judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His Kingdom—

Titus 3:1

Remind the people to be submitted to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace—not by foods that have not benefited those occupied by them.

2 Peter 1:13

I think it right to stir you up with a reminder, as long as I remain alive in this “tent” of a body—

1 Samuel 12:21

Do not turn aside to go after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are futile.