Timothy, guard what God has trusted you with. Turn away from godless chatter. Stay away from opposing ideas that are falsely called knowledge.

提摩太啊，你要保守所托付你的，躲避世俗的虚谈和那敌真道、似是而非的学问。

提摩太啊，要持守所给你的托付。要躲避世俗的空谈和那假冒知识的矛盾言论。

提摩太啊，要持守所给你的托付。要躲避世俗的空谈和那假冒知识的矛盾言论。

提摩太啊，你要持守所托付给你的，避开世俗的空谈和那些违背真理、似是而非的学问。

提摩太啊，你要保守所交托你的，避免世俗的空谈和冒称是知识的那种反调；

哦，提摩太呀！你要保守那所受的托付，避开那些不敬神的空谈和假冒知识之名的反对论。

提摩太啊，你要保守所託付你的，躲避世俗的虛談和那敵真道、似是而非的學問。

提摩太啊，要持守所給你的託付。要躲避世俗的空談和那假冒知識的矛盾言論。

提摩太啊，要持守所給你的託付。要躲避世俗的空談和那假冒知識的矛盾言論。

提摩太啊，你要持守所託付給你的，避開世俗的空談和那些違背真理、似是而非的學問。

提摩太啊，你要保守所交託你的，避免世俗的空談和冒稱是知識的那種反調；

提摩太啊，你要保守住所受的託付，要躲避凡俗的空談、和假稱為「知識」之對比論。

哦，提摩太呀！你要保守那所受的託付，避開那些不敬神的空談和假冒知識之名的反對論。

提摩太乎、宜守所託、遠不經之空談、及偽智之抵禦、

提摩太乎、當守所托之命、棄妄論浮詞、偽為智慧之辯、

提摩太乎、爾當守所託付爾者、避妄論虛詞、及偽稱智慧之辨問、

蒂茂德乎、所授於汝之託付、汝其謹守勿失。凡支離忘本之空談、似是而非之詭辯、皆汝所應深惡而痛絕也。

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,

O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called“ knowledge,”

Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so called knowledge.

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge.

Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called“ knowledge”—

O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—

O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent, empty speech and contradictions from the“ knowledge” that falsely bears that name.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane[ and] vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so- called“ knowledge.”

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge,

Make sure no one controls you. They will try to control you by using false reasoning that has no meaning. Their ideas depend on human teachings. They also depend on the basic spiritual powers of this world. They don’t depend on Christ.

Stay away from godless chatter. Those who take part in it will become more and more ungodly.

But I want you to continue to follow what you have learned and are sure about. You know the people you learned it from.You have known the Holy Scriptures ever since you were a little child. They are able to teach you how to be saved by believing in Christ Jesus.God has breathed life into all Scripture. It is useful for teaching us what is true. It is useful for correcting our mistakes. It is useful for making our lives whole again. It is useful for training us to do what is right.

Some people enjoy pretending they aren’t proud. They worship angels. But don’t let people like that judge you. These people tell you every little thing about what they have seen. They are proud of their useless ideas. That’s because their minds are not guided by the Holy Spirit.

And command them not to spend their time on stories that are made up. They must not waste time on family histories that never end. These things only lead to fights about ideas. They don’t help God’s work move forward. His work is done by faith.

There is great value in every way! First of all, the Jews have been given the very words of God.

Obey it until our Lord Jesus Christ appears. Obey it completely. Then no one can find fault with it or you.

Brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Hold on to what we taught you. We passed our teachings on to you by what we preached and wrote.

That’s why I’m suffering the way I am. But this gives me no reason to be ashamed. That’s because I know who I have believed in. I am sure he is able to take care of what I have given him. I can trust him with it until the day he returns as judge.Follow what you heard from me as the pattern of true teaching. Follow it with faith and love because you belong to Christ Jesus.Guard the truth of the good news that you were trusted with. Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

The wisdom of this world is foolish in God’s eyes. It is written,“ God catches wise people in their own evil plans.”( Job 5:13)

The message as it has been taught can be trusted. He must hold firmly to it. Then he will be able to use true teaching to comfort others and build them up. He will be able to prove that people who oppose it are wrong.

My son, be strong in the grace that is yours in Christ Jesus.

Some have turned from these teachings. They would rather talk about things that have no meaning.

A group of Epicurean and Stoic thinkers began to argue with him. Some of them asked,“ What is this fellow chattering about?” Others said,“ He seems to be telling us about gods we’ve never heard of.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus. He was telling them that Jesus had risen from the dead.

Don’t have anything to do with godless stories and silly tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly.

But keep away from foolish disagreements. Don’t argue about family histories. Don’t make trouble. Don’t fight about what the law teaches. Don’t argue about things like that. It doesn’t do any good. It doesn’t help anyone.

So among God’s churches we brag about the fact that you don’t give up easily. We brag about your faith in all the suffering and testing you are going through.

It is written,“ I will destroy the wisdom of those who are wise. I will do away with the cleverness of those who think they are so smart.”( Isaiah 29:14)Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where are the great thinkers of our time? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?God wisely planned that the world would not know him through its own wisdom. It pleased God to use the foolish things we preach to save those who believe.Jews require signs. Greeks look for wisdom.But we preach about Christ and his death on the cross. That is very hard for Jews to accept. And everyone else thinks it’s foolish.

All the people of Athens spent their time talking about and listening to the latest ideas. People from other lands who lived there did the same.

True teaching agrees with the good news about the glory of the blessed God. He trusted me with that good news.

Then they will pay no attention to Jewish stories that aren’t true. They won’t listen to the mere human commands of people who turn away from the truth.

The words we speak to those who have grown in the faith are wise. Our words are different from the wisdom of this world. Our words are different from those of the rulers of this world. These rulers are becoming less and less powerful.

But you are a man of God. Run away from all these things. Try hard to do what is right and godly. Have faith, love and gentleness. Hold on to what you believe.

So remember what you have been taught and have heard. Hold firmly to it. Turn away from your sins. If you don’t wake up, I will come like a thief. You won’t know when I will come to you.

Titus, I am sending you this letter. You are my true son in the faith we share. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace.

Then that person is proud and doesn’t understand anything. They like to argue more than they should. They can’t agree about what words mean. All of this results in wanting what others have. It causes fighting, harmful talk, and evil distrust.It stirs up trouble all the time among people whose minds are twisted by sin. The truth they once had has been taken away from them. They think they can get rich by being godly.

They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves.