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1 Timothy 6:5
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5 Perverse disputings [paradiatribe] of men [anthropos] of corrupt [diaphtheiro] minds, [nous] and [kai] destitute [apostereo] of the truth, [aletheia] supposing [nomizo] that gain [porismos] is [einai] godliness: [eusebeia] from [apo] such [toioutos] withdraw thyself. [aphistemi] KJV-Interlinear
5 and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. NASB
Perverse dispute, is the application of the misemployment of terminology. In other words, it means that those who promote false teachings, false ideas, false concepts, false anything, misuse words in order to get their opinions heard.
To pervert means to distort, to misrepresent, to alter.
Dispute means to disagree, quarrel, to argue.
And in short, promoters of that which is false, do nothing to arrive at a sound solution, but only pursue that which pursues indefinite chaos.
Their minds are depraved.
Depraved means, corrupt, absent of anything sound, degraded, ruined. Their minds contain nothing sound. Truth is absent from within them.
Truth is the food of good health and preservation. Absence of truth means decay, rot, unhealthy, putrid.
Deprived of truth is an interesting phrase. Truth is readily available to all who genuinely desire it. However to those who reject truth, it becomes withheld not by God or others, but by means of their own decision to reject it.
They lack truth because they reject it. And they reject truth, because they presume that their path to godliness (a spiritual life, a full or complete life) comes to them through their own efforts, and not by means of God or truth.
They seek to define their own truth, however lacking full knowledge of the facts of the realities of this universe and beyond, they are incapable of determining truth on their own. They therefore invent truth, or better phrased, they invent their own reality. One which is convenient to their own desires, agenda, and goals.
And what is the goal of false ideas? Gain, by their own definition.
Some value money or wealth. Some value the sense of causing confusion among others. Some value the adoration or approbation they perceive to have from others, because of their views.
In every case, those who promote that which is false, have defined their own goals of happiness and success, as that which comes to them by means of their own efforts, or that which is from this world. God is left out entirely.
False teachers deny truth. False teaching does not advance ones spiritual life (the completion of ones life), but hinders it. False teaching is absent of truth. False teaching is nothing more than empty smoke filled air, lacking substance of every type. False teaching serves destruction and nothing else.
From such people, you should separate yourself, because just as disease is caused and spread by contact, so too, the disease of false teaching is spread by contact with it. Avoid it, avoid flirting with it, avoid even getting involved in its debates, because it is not interested in an answer, but the perpetuation of disputes, and the cause of your ultimate failure in life.
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