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2 Timothy 2:23The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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23 τὰς δὲ μωρὰς καὶ ἀπαιδεύτους ζητήσεις παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι γεννῶσι μάχας·
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2 Timothy 2:23American Standard Version
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23 But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.
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2 Timothy 2:23The Emphasized Bible
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23 But from the foolish and undisciplined questionings excuse thyself, Knowing that they gender strifes;
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2 Timothy 2:23King James Version
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23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
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2 Timothy Study Notes—Chapter 2New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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reject foolish and ignorant debates: For the third time in this letter, Paul urges Timothy to help the Ephesian Christians to stop fighting over speculative and controversial subjects. (2Ti 2:14 and study note, 16) In his first letter to Timothy, Paul had addressed similar tendencies.—See study notes on 1Ti 1:4; 6:20.
ignorant: To describe the debates that afflicted the congregation in Ephesus, Paul calls them “ignorant,” or more literally, “uneducated.” Paul may have used the word to suggest that those who engaged in such debates lacked the basic Christian instruction that even a child should have. Certainly, those involved in such debates were failing to apply Christ’s most basic teaching—love.—Joh 13:34, 35.
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