Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | 2 Timothy 2:23 But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 2:23 But have nothing to do with foolish and ignorant speculations [useless disputes over unedifying, stupid controversies], since you know that they produce strife and give birth to quarrels. |
Subject: What To Shut Your Mind Against |
Bible Note: Greetings Kalos! Each of the passages you cited concern false teachers and the appropriate response to them. For instance, Titus 3:9-11 says, " But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless. 10 Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him. 11 You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. " None of these passages indicate that it is inappropriate to engage in studies of doctrine or to engage in detailed discussions about a Bible passage. If it is, then what is the forum here for anyway? ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |