1 Timothy 6:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,

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  • 1 Tim 3:6 : 6 Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.
  • 2 Tim 2:14 : 14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
  • 2 Tim 2:23 : 23 And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.
  • 2 Tim 3:4 : 4 False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
  • 1 Tim 1:4 : 4 Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;
  • 1 Tim 1:7 : 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law, though they have no knowledge of what they say or of the statements which they make so certainly.
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;
  • Titus 3:9 : 9 But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.
  • Acts 15:2 : 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had had no little argument and discussion with them, the brothers made a decision to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them to the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem about this question.
  • Jude 1:16 : 16 These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.
  • Rev 3:17 : 17 For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
  • Acts 18:15 : 15 But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
  • Rom 14:1 : 1 Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
  • 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength. 2 If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;
  • 1 Cor 11:16 : 16 But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.
  • 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.
  • 2 Cor 11:20 : 20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
  • Gal 5:15 : 15 But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.
  • Gal 5:20-21 : 20 Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings, 21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
  • Gal 5:26 : 26 Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
  • Phil 2:14 : 14 Do all things without protests and arguments;
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,
  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;
  • Jas 2:14-18 : 14 What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation? 15 If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food, 16 And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this? 17 Even so faith without works is dead. 18 But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.
  • Jas 4:1-2 : 1 What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies? 2 You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us? 6 But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
  • 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk, 2 Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
  • Jude 1:10 : 10 But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.
  • Prov 13:7 : 7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
  • Prov 25:14 : 14 As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
  • Isa 58:4 : 4 If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.
  • Acts 8:9 : 9 But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:
  • Acts 8:21-23 : 21 You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God. 22 Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts. 23 For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.

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