1 Timothy 5:23

5:23 (Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)

1 Timothy 6:20

Conclusion

6:20 O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called “knowledge.”


tn Grk “for the sake of your stomach.”

sn This verse gives parenthetical advice to Timothy, to clarify what it means to keep pure (5:22c). Verse 24 resumes the instructions about elders.

tn Grk “avoiding.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

tn Or “contradictions.”

tn Grk “the falsely named knowledge.”