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18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share. 19 In this way they are storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.[a]

20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, turning away from godless, empty talk and the contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge.”

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:19 Some witnesses to the text read of eternal life.

18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,(A) and to be generous and willing to share.(B) 19 In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves(C) as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of(D) the life that is truly life.

20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted(E) to your care. Turn away from godless chatter(F) and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,

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