1 Timothy 6:20 (DBY)

Passage

O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:18 to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate [of their substance],

1 Timothy 6:19 laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of [what is] really life.

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,

1 Timothy 6:21 of which some having made profession, have missed the faith. Grace [be] with thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "timotheus", "keep", "entrusted", "deposit", "avoiding", "profane", "vain", and "babblings". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "timotheus" and "keep", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "laying by for themselves a good foundation..." into verse 21's "of which some having made profession have...", so "timotheus" and "keep" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "timotheus" and "keep" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.