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  • 1 Timothy 6:4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 4 he is puffed up with pride and does not understand anything.+ He is obsessed* with arguments and debates about words.+ These things give rise to envy, strife, slander,* wicked suspicions,

  • 1 Timothy 6:4
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 4 τετύφωται, he has been made to smoke, μηδὲν nothing ἐπιστάμενος, knowing well, ἀλλὰ but νοσῶν being diseased περὶ about ζητήσεις seekings καὶ and λογομαχίας, word fights, ἐξ out of ὧν which (things) γίνεται comes to be φθόνος, envy, ἔρις, strife, βλασφημίαι, blasphemies, ὑπόνοιαι suspicions πονηραί, wicked,

  • 1 Timothy 6:4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 4 he is puffed up [with pride],+ not understanding anything,+ but being mentally+ diseased over questionings and debates about words.+ From these things spring envy,+ strife, abusive+ speeches, wicked suspicions,

  • 1 Timothy 6:4
    The Bible in Living English
    • 4 he is conceit-ridden, not knowing anything, but infatuated about arguments and disputed technicalities, out of which come grudges, quarreling, vilification, base suspicions,

  • 1 Timothy 6:4
    American Standard Version
    • 4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

  • 1 Timothy 6:4
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 4 He is beclouded, knowing nothing rightly, But is diseased about questionings and word-battles—Out of which spring envy, strife, defamations, wicked surmisings,

  • 1 Timothy 6:4
    King James Version
    • 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

  • 1 Timothy
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 6:4 it-1 730; si 236

  • 1 Timothy
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 6:4 w62 526; w48 264

  • 1 Timothy
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 6:4

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 730

      “All Scripture,” p. 236

      The Watchtower,

      9/1/1962, pp. 525-527

  • 1 Timothy Study Notes—Chapter 6
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 6:4

      He is obsessed with arguments: The Greek verb for “is obsessed” literally means “to be sick,” but here it is used in a figurative sense. The phrase might be rendered: “He has an unhealthy fascination with arguments.” It stands in contrast with “the wholesome instruction” from Christ that Paul has just mentioned.​—See study note on 1Ti 6:3.

      debates about words: Lit., “word battles.” Those “obsessed with arguments” often debate trivialities as a means to promote their own personal doctrines, not God’s glory. Such debates “give rise to envy, strife,” and can even lead to slander (Greek, bla·sphe·miʹa), that is, abusive speech that defames others.​—See study note on Col 3:8.

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