6:17 Command those who are rich in this world’s goods 3 not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, 4 but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.
6:20 O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid 5 the profane chatter and absurdities 6 of so-called “knowledge.” 7
1 tc ‡ Most witnesses, some of them important (א2 A D H 1881 Ï lat sy bo), have σοι (soi, “you”) after παραγγέλλω (parangellw, “I charge [you]”), a predictable variant because the personal pronoun is demanded by the sense of the passage (and was added in the translation because of English requirements). Hence, the omission is the harder reading, and the addition of σοι is one of clarification. Further, the shorter reading is found in several important witnesses, such as א* F G Ψ 6 33 1739 pc. Thus, both internally and externally the shorter reading is preferred. NA 27 places σοι in brackets, indicating some doubts as to its authenticity.
2 tn Grk “testified the good confession.”
3 tn Grk “in the present age.”
4 tn Grk “in uncertainty.”
5 tn Grk “avoiding.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
6 tn Or “contradictions.”
7 tn Grk “the falsely named knowledge.”