which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.
Parallel translations
- WEB which some profess, and thus have wandered from the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
- KJV Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
- NKJV by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
- NASB which some have professed and thereby have gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you.
- NLT Some people have wandered from the faith by following such foolishness. May God’s grace be with you all.
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Quick answer
Some who embraced this false knowledge have wandered from the faith. Paul ends with a blessing: grace be with you.
Overview
Paul warns that professing this counterfeit knowledge has caused some to stray from the faith, a final caution against doctrinal error. The letter closes, as Paul's letters characteristically do, with a benediction of grace. Grace, the unmerited favor of God in Christ, is both the foundation and the final word for Timothy and the church.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- 2 Tim 2:18who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.
- Titus 3:15All who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.
- 1 Tim 1:6Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.
- 1 Tim 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
- 1 Tim 1:19holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
- 2 Tim 4:22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
- Rom 1:7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Rom 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- Col 4:18This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Rom 16:23Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
- Heb 13:25Grace be with all of you.
- Heb 10:1–12For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
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