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1 Timothy 6

1 Tim. 6:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Perverse νdisputings
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
paradiatribe (Greek #3859)
misemployment, i.e. meddlesomeness
KJV usage: perverse disputing.
Pronounce: par-ad-ee-at-ree-bay'
Origin: from a compound of 3844 and 1304
of men
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
of corrupt
diaphtheiro (Greek #1311)
to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert)
KJV usage: corrupt, destroy, perish.
Pronounce: dee-af-thi'-ro
Origin: from 1225 and 5351
minds
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
nous (Greek #3563)
the intellect, i.e. mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning
KJV usage: mind, understanding. Compare 5590.
Pronounce: nooce
Origin: probably from the base of 1097
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
destitute
apostereo (Greek #650)
to despoil
KJV usage: defraud, destitute, kept back by fraud.
Pronounce: ap-os-ter-eh'-o
Origin: from 575 and στερέω (to deprive)
of the truth
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
aletheia (Greek #225)
truth
KJV usage: true, X truly, truth, verity.
Pronounce: al-ay'-thi-a
Origin: from 227
, supposing that
nomizo (Greek #3543)
properly, to do by law (usage), i.e. to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard
KJV usage: suppose, thing, be wont.
Pronounce: nom-id'-zo
Origin: from 3551
gain
porismos (Greek #4200)
furnishing (procuring), i.e. (by implication) money-getting (acquisition)
KJV usage: gain.
Pronounce: por-is-mos'
Origin: from a derivative of πόρος (a way, i.e. means)
is
einai (Greek #1511)
to exist
KJV usage: am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was.
Pronounce: i'-nahee
Origin: present infinitive from 1510
godliness
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
eusebeia (Greek #2150)
piety; specially, the gospel scheme
KJV usage: godliness, holiness.
Pronounce: yoo-seb'-i-ah
Origin: from 2152
: from
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
such
toioutos (Greek #5108)
from 5104 and 3778; truly this, i.e. of this sort (to denote character or individuality)
KJV usage: like, such (an one).
Pronounce: toy-oo'-tos
Origin: (including the other inflections)
k withdraw thyself
aphistemi (Greek #868)
to remove, i.e. (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc.
KJV usage: depart, draw (fall) away, refrain, withdraw self.
Pronounce: af-is'-tay-mee
Origin: from 575 and 2476
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or, gallings one of another.
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2 Tim. 3:5• 5having a form of piety, but having denied the power thereof; and from these turn away. (2 Tim. 3:5)

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Perverse, etc.
or, Gallings one of another.
1 Tim. 1:6• 6which [things] some, having missed, turned aside unto vain talk, (1 Tim. 1:6)
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1 Cor. 11:16• 16But if anyone seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor yet the assemblies of God. (1 Cor. 11:16)
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Matt. 7:17‑20• 17So every good tree produceth good fruits, but the worthless tree produceth bad fruits.
 18A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.
 19Every tree that produceth not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
 20Therefore at least by their fruits ye shall recognize them well. (Matt. 7:17‑20)
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Matt. 12:33• 33{i}Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.{/i} (Matt. 12:33)
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John 3:19‑21• 19And this is the judgment, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light lest his works should be convicted;
 21but he that practiceth the truth cometh unto the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God. (John 3:19‑21)
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Eph. 4:17‑19• 17This then I say and testify in [the] Lord that ye should no longer walk even as also the rest of the nations walk in vanity of their mind,
 18being darkened in the understanding, estranged from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardening of their heart,
 19who, as being past remorse, have given themselves up to lasciviousness unto [the] working of every uncleanness with greediness. (Eph. 4:17‑19)
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2 Thess. 2:8‑11• 8and then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall destroy with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
 9whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
 10and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those that perish, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.
 11And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error that they should believe falsehood, (2 Thess. 2:8‑11)
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2 Tim. 3:8• 8And in the manner that Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith. (2 Tim. 3:8)
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Titus 1:15‑16• 15To the pure all things [are] pure; but to the defiled and unfaithful [is] nothing pure; but both their mind and their conscience have been defiled.
 16They profess to know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate. (Titus 1:15‑16)
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Heb. 3:12‑13• 12See, brethren, lest haply there shall be in anyone of you a wicked heart of unbelief in falling away from a living God.
 13But encourage yourselves each day while it is called Today, that none of you be hardened by [the] deceitfulness of sin. (Heb. 3:12‑13)
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2 John 8‑10• 8Look to yourselves, that we may not lose what we wrought but receive full reward.
 9Every one that goeth onward and abideth not in the doctrine of the Christ hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine, he hath both the Father and the Son.
 10If Anyone cometh to you and bringeth not this doctrine, receive him not at home and greet him not; (2 John 8‑10)
supposing.
1 Tim. 6:6• 6But piety with contentment is great gain. (1 Tim. 6:6)
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1 Tim. 3:3,8• 3not given to wine, no striker, but gentle, not contentious, not fond of money,
 8Deacons likewise [must be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain, (1 Tim. 3:3,8)
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2 Kings 5:20‑27•  (2 Kings 5:20‑27)
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Isa. 56:11•  (Isa. 56:11)
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Jer. 6:13•  (Jer. 6:13)
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Jer. 8:10•  (Jer. 8:10)
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Ezek. 33:31•  (Ezek. 33:31)
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Matt. 21:13• 13{i}And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.{/i} (Matt. 21:13)
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Matt. 23:14• 14(Verse not included in this translation). (Matt. 23:14)
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Acts 8:18‑20• 18Now Simon, when he saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given,
 19saying, Give me also this power that, on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive [the] Holy Spirit.
 20But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou thoughtest to obtain the gift of God through money. (Acts 8:18‑20)
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Acts 19:24‑28• 24For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the artisans,
 25whom he gathered together with the workmen of like nature, and said, Men, ye are aware that we have our prosperity from this business.
 26And ye behold and hear that this Paul hath persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are no gods that are made by hands.
 27Now, not only is there danger for us that this trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that even she should be deposed from her magnificence, whom all Asia and the world revereth.
 28And when they heard they were filled with wrath and kept crying out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. (Acts 19:24‑28)
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Titus 1:11• 11whose mouths must be stopped, who are such as overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake. (Titus 1:11)
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2 Peter 2:3,15• 3And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not.
 15abandoning as they did a straight way, they went astray, following out in the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved wages of unrighteousness, (2 Peter 2:3,15)
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Jude 11• 11Woe unto them! because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed greedily into the error of Balaam's hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. (Jude 11)
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Rev. 18:3,13• 3For of the wine of the fury of her fornication all the nations drank, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth became rich by the power of her luxury.
 13and cinnamon and amomum and incense and unguent and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and of horses and of chariots and of bodies and souls of men. (Rev. 18:3,13)
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Rom. 16:17‑18• 17But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those that make divisions and occasions of stumblingblocks contrary to the doctrine which ye have learnt, and turn away from them.
 18For such as they serve not our Lord [Jesus] Christ, but their own belly, and by kind speaking and fairness of speech deceive the hearts of the harmless. (Rom. 16:17‑18)
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2 Thess. 3:6• 6Now we charge you, brethren, in [the] name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they received from us. (2 Thess. 3:6)
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2 Tim. 3:5• 5having a form of piety, but having denied the power thereof; and from these turn away. (2 Tim. 3:5)
• We are sanctified by the, not by a, truth; but human one-sidedness (which ever boasts of its measure as all that is worth hearing, and so much the more, the narrower it is) is but the knowledge that puffs up. (“On 1 Timothy 6:1-5” by W. Kelly)
• Wholly indifferent to the moral power of the Christian faith working in the soul and leading to the life of piety, men treat Christianity as if it were a matter of "questions and disputes of words". (“Warnings Against Pride of the Flesh and Instruction in Piety: 1 Timothy 6” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of pietyb.

JND Translation Notes

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"Withdraw from such," as A.V., omitted as having but little MS. authority.

W. Kelly Translation

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wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that piety is gaina.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "a way of gain." The last clause of verse 5 found in the T. R. and KJV, "from such withdraw thyself", is rejected by all critics as destitute of adequate authority. It seems to correspond with the last clause of {vi 29859}{/vi}, which is unquestionably genuine, though not exactly the same terms.