14These things remind them of, testifying fully before the Lord — not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;


In Context

11 Stedfast is the word: For if we died together — we also shall live together;

12 if we do endure together — we shall also reign together; if we deny him, he also shall deny us;

13 if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

14 These things remind them of, testifying fully before the Lord — not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

15 be diligent to present thyself approved to God — a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

16 and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

2 Timothy 2:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Of these things put [them] in remembrance, charging [them] before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, [but] to the subverting of the hearers.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Keep reminding them of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Of these things put them in mind, charging them before the Lord. Contend not in words, for it is to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Of these things put in remembrance, testifying earnestly before the Lord not to have disputes of words, profitable for nothing, to the subversion of the hearers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they contend not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don't argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.