1 Timothy 6:5

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 rendering of R.V. wranglings. Compare a similar compound in LXX. 2 Samuel 3:30, and Jos. Ant. x. 7. 5.

of corrupt minds Lit. corrupted in mind. See note on -mind" Titus 1:15, and on -uncorruptness" Titus 2:7.

destitute of the truth Our -destitute" has almost ceased to have its original proper force -deprived" of what was once possessed; hence R.V. has rightly substituted, as corresponding with the perf. pass, participle of the Greek, bereft.

gain is godliness A well-known violation by A.V. of the law which places the article with the subject. The ending of the Greek noun for -gain" implies rather a -trading," a -means of profit," like -the reaping time" for -summer." Hence the twofold correction of R.V. godliness is a way of gain. But we lose the emphasis of the subject kept back to the end. Point is gained however in this respect by the omission (required on the authority of the best mss.) of the next clause, From such withdraw thyself. See Appendix, K.