2 Timothy 2:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 2 Tim 2:23 : 23 And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.
  • 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
  • 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.
  • Jer 7:8 : 8 See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.
  • 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,
  • Titus 3:9-9 : 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. 10 A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society; 11 Clearly he is in error and a sinner, being self-judged.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
  • 2 Pet 1:13 : 13 And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
  • 1 Tim 6:4-5 : 4 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, 5 Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
  • 2 Tim 2:16 : 16 But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?
  • Acts 15:24 : 24 Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;
  • Jer 2:8 : 8 The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
  • Jer 16:19 : 19 O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.
  • Jer 23:32 : 32 See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord.
  • Jer 23:36 : 36 And you will no longer put people in mind of the word of weight of the Lord: for every man's word will be a weight on himself; for the words of the living God, of the Lord of armies, our God, have been twisted by you.
  • Hab 2:18 : 18 What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?
  • Gal 1:7 : 7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,
  • 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
  • 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 1:6 : 6 From which some have been turned away, giving themselves to foolish talking;
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
  • 2 Tim 1:6 : 6 For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.

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    15 Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.

    16 Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

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    23 And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

    24 For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

    25 Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

  • 1 Tim 6:3-5
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    3 If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,

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    5 Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.

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    8 This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

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    12 For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

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    13 This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,

    14 Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.

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    3 It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,

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  • 1 Tim 1:6-7
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    6 From which some have been turned away, giving themselves to foolish talking;

    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.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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    15 On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

  • Col 2:4
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    4 I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.

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    8 Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

    9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

    10 Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

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    9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.

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    14 And let our people go on with good works for necessary purposes, so that they may not be without fruit.

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    9 Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.

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    2 So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

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    14 But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;

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    20 O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

  • 2 Pet 3:16-17
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    16 And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

    17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

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    11 Let these be your orders and your teaching.

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    8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

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    1 But let your words be in agreement with true and right teaching:

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    11 By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.

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    2 And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

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    14 So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

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    10 For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

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    6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

  • Rom 16:17
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    17 Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.

  • 2 Thess 2:2
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    2 That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

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    15 But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.

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    3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

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    14 Do all things without protests and arguments;

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    18 This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,