1Ti 6:20 | RWP | e4.org | Guard that which is committed unto thee ( την παραθηκην φυλαξον ). "Keep (aorist of urgency) the deposit." Παραθηκην (from παρατιθημ , to place beside as a deposit, ), a banking figure, common in the papyri in this sense for the Attic παρακαταθηκη (Textus Receptus here, , ). See substantive also in , . Turning away from ( εκτρεπομενος ). Present middle participle of εκτρεπω , for which see ; . Babblings ( κενοφωνιας ). From κενοφωνος , uttering emptiness. Late and rare compound, in N.T. only here and . Oppositions ( αντιθεσεις ). Old word ( αντι, θεσις ), antithesis, only here in N.T. Of the knowledge which is falsely so called ( της ψευδωνυμου γνωσεως ). "Of the falsely named knowledge." Old word ( ψευδησ, ονομα ). Our "pseudonymous." Only here in N.T.

‏ 1 Timothy 6:20

Guard that which is committed unto thee ( την παραθηκην φυλαξον ). "Keep (aorist of urgency) the deposit." Παραθηκην (from παρατιθημ, to place beside as a deposit, 2Ti 2:2), a banking figure, common in the papyri in this sense for the Attic παρακαταθηκη (Textus Receptus here, 2Ti 1:12, 14). See substantive also in 2Ti 1:12, 14.

Turning away from ( εκτρεπομενος ). Present middle participle of εκτρεπω, for which see 1:6; 5:15.

Babblings ( κενοφωνιας ). From κενοφωνος, uttering emptiness. Late and rare compound, in N.T. only here and 2Ti 2:16.

Oppositions ( αντιθεσεις ). Old word ( αντι, θεσις ), antithesis, only here in N.T.

Of the knowledge which is falsely so called ( της ψευδωνυμου γνωσεως ). "Of the falsely named knowledge." Old word ( ψευδησ, ονομα ). Our "pseudonymous." Only here in N.T.