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1 Timothy 6:5

WEB

5constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

KJV

5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

BSB

5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

FBV

5the constant arguing of people whose minds are totally corrupt and who have lost the truth, thinking that they can profit financially from religion…

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Extra References

2 Timothy 3:5

5holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.


2 Peter 2:3

3In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.


Titus 1:11

11whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.


Titus 1:15-16

15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. 16They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.


2 Timothy 3:8

8Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.


1 Timothy 6:6

6[+] But godliness with contentment is great gain.


Romans 16:17-18

17Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them. 18For those who are such don’t serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.


Matthew 12:33

33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.


1 Timothy 3:3

3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;


Matthew 23:13

13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.