Final Charge And Benediction

¹⁹ in this way amassing for themselves the riches that forever endure in the life to come, so that at last they may grasp the life that is life indeed. ²⁰ Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you; continue to turn away from the worldly, futile phrases and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge," ²¹ by professing which some individuals have failed in the faith. Spiritual blessing be with you all.

Empty Words

Timotheus

Colossians 2:8

Take care that nobody captures you by the idle fancies of his so-called philosophy, following human tradition and the world's crude notions instead of Christ.

2 Timothy 2:16

Continue shunning worldly, futile phrases, for they lead on to greater depths of godlessness,

Titus 1:14

by ceasing to give attention to Jewish myths and to the commands of men who turn their backs on the truth.

Acts 17:21

(Now all the Athenians and foreign visitors in Athens used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to the latest new thing out.)

Romans 3:2

They are great from every point of view. In the first place, the Jews are entrusted with the utterances of God.

Colossians 2:18

Stop letting anyone, in gratuitous humility and worship of angels, defraud you as an umpire, for such a one is taking his stand on the mere visions he has seen, and is groundlessly conceited over his sensuous mind.

1 Timothy 1:4

to stop devoting themselves to myths and never-ending pedigrees, for such things lead to controversies rather than stimulate our trusteeship to God through faith.

1 Timothy 1:6

Some people have stepped aside from these things and turned to fruitless talking.

1 Timothy 4:7

But make it your habit to let worldly and old women's stories alone. Continue training yourself for the religious life.

2 Timothy 3:14-16

But you, on your part, must continue to abide by what you have learned and been led to rely upon, because you know from whom you learned it

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and the Stoic philosophers began to debate with him; and some said, "What is this scraps-of-truth-picker trying to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities." They said so because he was telling the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

Romans 1:22

Though claiming to be wise, they made fools of themselves,

1 Corinthians 1:19-23

For the Scripture says: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the learning of the learned."

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet, when among mature believers we do set forth a wisdom, but a wisdom that does not belong to this world or to the leaders of this world who are passing away;

1 Corinthians 3:19

For this world's wisdom is mere nonsense to God. For the Scripture says, "He who catches the wise with their own cunning,"

2 Thessalonians 1:4

so that we are always boasting of you among the churches of God for your patient endurance and faith, in spite of your persecutions and crushing sorrows which you are enduring.

2 Thessalonians 2:15

So then, brothers, continue to stand firm and keep a tight grip on the teachings you have received from us, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

1 Timothy 1:11

as measured by the glorious good news of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

1 Timothy 6:4-5

he is a conceited ignoramus with a morbid appetite for discussions and controversies which lead to envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,

1 Timothy 6:11

But you, as a man of God, must be fleeing always from these things; you must constantly strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

1 Timothy 6:14

to keep His command stainless and irreproachable until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Timothy 1:12-14

This is why I am suffering so, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am absolutely sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.

2 Timothy 2:1

So you, my son, must keep renewing your strength in the spiritual blessing that comes through union with Christ Jesus.

Titus 1:4

to Titus, my genuine child in our common faith: be spiritual blessing and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Titus 1:9

and a man who continues to cling to the trustworthy message as he was taught it, so that he may be competent to encourage others with wholesome teaching and to convict those who oppose him.

Titus 3:9

But hold yourself aloof from foolish controversies, pedigrees, strife, and wrangles about the law, for these are fruitless and futile.

Revelation 3:3

So remember what you have received and heard, and continue to obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know the hour when I come upon you.