Reject False Doctrines

1 Timothy 6:5

In 9 translations

BSB: and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.BYZ and TR include Withdraw yourself from such.
KJV: Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
WEB: constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.NU omits “Withdraw yourself from such.”
ASV: wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
LSV: wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;
YLT: wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;
DBY: constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be [the end of] piety.
DRC: Conflicts of men corrupted in mind, and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness.
GNV: Frowarde disputations of men of corrupt mindes and destitute of ye trueth, which thinke that gaine is godlines: from such separate thy selfe.

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In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Ἀφίστασο ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων.¶ (“do depart from the[one of] such”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Spelling of διαπαρατριβαὶ: Textus Receptus: παραδιατριβαὶ.

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SBLGNT: εὐσέβειαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εὐσέβειαν; Robinson–Pierpont add Ἀφίστασο ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων.

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SBLGNT: διαπαρατριβαὶ διεφθαρμένων ἀνθρώπων τὸν νοῦν καὶ ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας, νομιζόντων πορισμὸν εἶναι τὴν εὐσέβειαν.
RP2018: διαπαρατριβαὶ διεφθαρμένων ἀνθρώπων τὸν νοῦν, καὶ ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας, νομιζόντων πορισμὸν εἶναι τὴν εὐσέβειαν. Ἀφίστασο ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων.
TR-Boyd: παραδιατριβαὶ διεφθαρμένων ἀνθρώπων τὸν νοῦν, καὶ ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας, νομιζόντων πορισμὸν εἶναι τὴν εὐσέβειαν. Ἀφίστασο ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων.
SCR1894: παραδιατριβαι διεφθαρμενων ανθρωπων τον νουν και απεστερημενων της αληθειας νομιζοντων πορισμον ειναι την ευσεβειαν αφιστασο απο των τοιουτων

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Truth Bereave; Bereaver; Bereft Avarice Mind Gain Doctrines Pastoral Epistles Riches Envy Strife

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
Titus 1:15–16To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are…
Romans 16:17–18Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their…
1 Timothy 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
Matthew 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
1 Timothy 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
Hebrews 3:12–13See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s…
Matthew 7:17–20Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into…
1 Timothy 1:6Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.
2 John 1:8–10Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded. Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His…
Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
Revelation 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

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