1 Timothy 6:20
King James Version (KJV)
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
Translations
1 Timothy 6:20 - Amplified Bible
O Timothy, guard {and} keep the deposit entrusted [to you]! Turn away from the irreverent babble {and} godless chatter, with the vain {and} empty {and} worldly phrases, and the subtleties {and} the contradictions in what is falsely called knowledge {and} spiritual illumination.
1 Timothy 6:20 - American Standard Version
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;
1 Timothy 6:20 - Bible in Basic English
O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;
1 Timothy 6:20 - Darby Bible
O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,
1 Timothy 6:20 - English Standard Version
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"
1 Timothy 6:20 - King James Version
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
1 Timothy 6:20 - La Biblia de las Americas
Oh Timoteo, guarda lo que se te ha encomendado, y evita las palabrerìas vacìas y profanas, y las objeciones de lo que falsamente se llama ciencia,
1 Timothy 6:20 - The Message
And oh, my dear Timothy, guard the treasure you were given! Guard it with your life. Avoid the talk-show religion and the practiced confusion of the so-called experts. People caught up in a lot of talk can miss the whole point of faith. Overwhelming grace keep you! ]]>
1 Timothy 6:20 - New American Standard Bible
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly {and} empty chatter {and} the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge"--
1 Timothy 6:20 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy
Timoteo, guarda lo que (el depòsito que) se te ha encomendado, y evita las palabrerìas vacìas y profanas, y las objeciones (contradicciones) de lo que falsamente se llama ciencia,
1 Timothy 6:20 - World English Bible
Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
1 Timothy 6:20 - Young's Living Translation
O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named knowledge,
1 Timothy 6:20 - Additional Comments
These last 2 verses are usually taken as a refutation to Gnosticism. Gnosticism is the arrival at salvation by using knowledge. Whereas Judaism and Christianity, and almost all pagan systems, hold that the soul attains its proper end by obedience of mind and will to the Supreme Power, i.e. by faith and works, it is notably unique to Gnosticism that it places the salvation of the soul merely in the possession of a semi-intuitive knowledge of the mysteries of the universe and of magic formulas indicative of that knowledge. Gnostics were "people who knew", and their knowledge at once constituted them a superior class of beings, whose present and future status was essentially different from that of those who, for whatever reason, did not know. Gnosticism is a collective name for a large number of sects, which flourished from some time before the Christian Era down to the fifth century, and which, while borrowing the phraseology and some of the tenets of the chief religions of the day, and especially of Christianity, held matter to be a deterioration of spirit, and the whole universe a depravation of the Deity, and taught the ultimate end of all being to be the overcoming of the grossness of matter and the return to the Parent-Spirit, which return they held to be inaugurated and facilitated by the appearance of some God-sent Saviour.
The foundations and logical results of Gnosticism:
- Everything physical is evil, including the human body.
- God is completely spiritual and good.
- If Jesus is God, then Jesus only appeared to be physical. He was really completely spiritual.
- The Crucifixion has no role in salvation, since Jesus was not really killed.
- Salvation comes from obtaining the secret knowledge about how to transcend the body.
Agnosticism is a form of skepticism that holds that the existence of God cannot be logically proved or disproved. Immanuel Kant was an agnostic who argued that belief in divinity can rest only on faith. Agnosticism is not to be confused with atheism, which asserts that there is no God. Thomas Henry Huxley coined "agnosticism" on the basis that all knowledge must be based on reason. He said we cannot rationally claim to have access to knowledge that is beyond the powers of the intellect.
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