Verse 21
21. Which some professing—namely, professing these oppositions of science falsely so called.
erred—(See on :-; 1 Timothy 2:11) —literally, "missed the mark" (2 Timothy 3:7; 2 Timothy 3:8). True sagacity is inseparable from faith.
Grace—Greek, "the grace," namely, of God, for which we Christians look, and in which we stand [ALFORD].
be with thee—He restricts the salutation to Timothy, as the Epistle was not to be read in public [BENGEL]. But the oldest manuscripts read, "be with you"; and the "thee" may be a transcriber's alteration to harmonize with 2 Timothy 4:22; Titus 3:15.
Amen—omitted in the oldest manuscripts.
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