which some profess, and thus have wandered from the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
Parallel translations
- KJV Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
- BSB which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.
- 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
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- 2 Tim 2:18men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.
- Titus 3:15All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.
- 1 Tim 1:6from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;
- 1 Tim 6:10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- 1 Tim 1:19holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;
- 2 Tim 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
- Rom 1:7to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Rom 16:20And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- Col 4:18The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
- Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
- Rom 16:23Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.
- Heb 13:25Grace be with you all. Amen.
- Heb 10:1–12For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
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