1 Timothy 6:20-21·~1 min
Guard the Faith
Paul urges Timothy to guard what has been entrusted to him and to avoid irreverent empty talk and the contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge. Some have professed such things and so swerved away from the faith.
O20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,” 21which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith.
Section summaryPaul ends by calling Timothy to guard what has been entrusted to him and to turn away from irreverent chatter and the contradictions of so-called knowledge. Some have embraced that false path and swerved from the faith, so the letter closes where it began: with the charge to preserve the entrusted truth.
Role in the chapterThis closing section gathers the whole letter into one last appeal. It returns Timothy to the central task of guarding the gospel against noise, novelty, and drift.