Guard the Deposit
1 Timothy 6:20-21
Guard the deposit by avoiding pointless babble.
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Published February 20th, 2017
1 Timothy 6:20-21
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20 O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. k Avoid the l irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” 21 for by professing it some have swerved from the faith. m Grace be with you. 1
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20 ῏Ω Τιμόθεε, τὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον ἐκτρεπόμενος τὰς βεβήλους κενοφωνίας καὶ ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως, 21 ἥν τινες ἐπαγγελλόμενοι περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἠστόχησαν. Ἡ χάρις μεθʼ ὑμῶν.
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῏Ω Τιμόθεε, τὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you.
ἐκτρεπόμενος τὰς βεβήλους κενοφωνίας καὶ ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως,
k Avoid the l irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,”
ἥν τινες ἐπαγγελλόμενοι
for by professing it
περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἠστόχησαν.
some have swerved from the faith.
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Ἡ χάρις μεθʼ ὑμῶν.
m Grace be with you. 1
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Paul concludes this letter of exhortation and warning to Timothy with a simple instruction: “Guard the deposit entrusted to you” (6:20a). We must guard the deposit of truth and knowledge of Jesus Christ, for our lives truly do depend on it. “Irreverent babble” and debates about false-knowledge will lead us to hell, leaving behind the saving truth of resting in Christ who has supplied our righteousness through his death and resurrection. Therefore, may God give us grace to avoid what is deadly and cling to what gives life, guarding it for the sake of the church and our own souls.
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