6:20 O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid 3 the profane chatter and absurdities 4 of so-called “knowledge.” 5
1 tn Grk “for the sake of your stomach.”
2 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.
3 tn Grk “avoiding.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
4 tn Or “contradictions.”
5 tn Grk “the falsely named knowledge.”