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1 Timothy 6:5

1 Timothy 6:5
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds,.... Who being corrupt in their principles, and corrupters of the word of God, dispute in a very froward and perverse way, rubbing and galling one another,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Perverse disputings - Margin, “gallings one of another.” In regard to the correct reading of this passage, see Bib. Repository, vol. iii. pp. 61, 62. The word which is here used in the Received Text -…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds - Disputations that cannot be settled, because their partisans will not listen to the truth; and they will not listen to the truth because their minds are…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Timothy 6:1-5

I. Here is the duty of servants. The apostle had spoken before of church-relations, here of our family-relations. Servants are here said to be under the yoke, which denotes both subjection and labour;…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

perverse disputings The best attested reading of the Greek word transposes the order of the preposition, and should give us for its meaning -continual collisions." This seems the reason for the…