6From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. …
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: …
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)Here the apostle instructs Timothy how to guard against the judaizing teachers, or others who mingled fables and endless genealogies with the gospel. He shows the use of the law, and the glory of the gospel. I. He shows the end and uses of the law: it is intended to promote love, for love is the fulfilling of the law , Rom. 13:10. 1. The end of the commandment is charity , or love, Rom. 13:8. The…
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