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2 Timothy 2:14

Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΤαῦταTautaThese thingsG3778 →
ὑπομίμνῃσκεhupomimnēskedo remind [them]G5279 →
διαμαρτυρόμενοςdiamarturomenossolemnly charging [them]G1263 →
ἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeG1799 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
θεοῦtheouGodG2316 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
λογομαχεῖνlogomacheinto quarrel about wordsG3054 →
ἐπ᾽ep᾽uponG1909 →
οὐδὲνoudenno [thing]G3762 →
χρήσιμονchrēsimonprofitableG5539 →
ἐπὶepi[but] toG1909 →
καταστροφῇkatastrophēa[the] subversionG2692 →
τῶνtōnof thoseG3588 →
ἀκουόντων.akouontōnhearing.G191 →

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Titus 3:9But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.2 Timothy 2:23But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.Titus 3:9–11But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.2 Timothy 4:1I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:Romans 14:1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.1 Timothy 5:21I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.1 Timothy 6:4–5he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,Acts 15:24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.1 Timothy 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,2 Peter 1:13I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,1 Samuel 12:21Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.1 Timothy 6:13I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.Jeremiah 7:8But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.Habakkuk 2:18What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.Acts 13:10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

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