1 Timothy 6:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Timothy 6:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Timothy 6:4 is a verse from the book of 1 Timothy in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, ev..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Timothy 6:4 — KJV
“He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, proud: or, a fool doting: or, sick”
— 1 Timothy 6:4 (KJV)
1 Timothy 6:4 in Context — About the Book of 1 Timothy
1 Timothy is a veteran's field manual for a young pastor in Ephesus — sound doctrine, qualified leaders, care for widows, contentment over the love of money, and fighting the good fight of faith. It urges prayers for kings and all in authority so believers can live peaceful, godly lives.
Cross-References for 1 Timothy 6:4
“But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 6:4: knowing, questions, strifes
“For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 6:4: words, cometh, fool
“This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. imagination: or, stubbornness”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 6:4: nothing, words, evil
“For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 6:4: strifes, envy, strife
“But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.”
Shares key themes with 1 Timothy 6:4: about, questions, fool
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