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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 Mark! Well said my friend! I have always found it illustrative that we are never once commanded in Scripture to be insulting, sarcastic, or rude. However, we are commanded: 1) 1 Tim. 4:11 - "Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." 2) Col. 4:6 - "Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." And, of course, Proverbs has much to say about the kinds of speech that one ought to engage in. :-) Though we are human, we can still season our speech with grace as God commands. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |