20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
21 which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.
Focused Passage
1 Timothy 6:20-21
Godliness, Contentment, the Good Fight, and Guarding the Entrusted Gospel
Paul moves from gospel-shaped conduct under slavery, to exposing false teachers and greed, to commending godliness with contentment, to charging Timothy to fight the good fight, to instructing the wealthy, and finally to guarding the entrusted truth.
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Verse 20
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O Ὦ G5599 Interjection Timothy Τιμόθεε G5095 Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular guard φύλαξον G5442 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular what τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular has been entrusted [to you] παραθήκην G3866 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Avoid ἐκτρεπόμενος G1624 Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular - τὰς G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Plural irreverent βεβήλους G952 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural empty chatter κενοφωνίας G2757 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction the opposing arguments ἀντιθέσεις G477 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular of so-called ψευδωνύμου G5581 Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular knowledge γνώσεως G1108 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 21
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which ἥν G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular some τινες G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural have professed ἐπαγγελλόμενοι G1861 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural and [thus] swerved away ἠστόχησαν G795 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural from περὶ G4012 Preposition the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular faith πίστιν G4102 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular - Ἡ G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Grace [be] χάρις G5485 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular with μεθ’ G3326 Preposition you all ὑμῶν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
BSB notes
- BYZ and TR include Amen.