Reading for Today - II Timothy 2:14-19 - avoid irreverent babble

2 Timothy 2:14-19 (ESV)

Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some. But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

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We need to be those who study the word and seek to know the truth. When we study with others, we should not seek to quarrel with words. We need to make sure we rightly handle the truth. We need to seek to teach the truth in love. We need to stand firm for the truth and teach it.

We must be careful that we do not teach things that God has not taught us in his word. Many can get caught up in topics such as angels or the afterlife and cause a quarrel over things that we do not have all the details revealed in scripture. May we be those who speak where the Bible speaks and are silent where the Bible is silent.