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Idle Babblings: 1Ti_6:20—lit. “empty words.” Paul uses this term to express a total void of spiritual meaning. In other words, human achievement amounts to nothing if it does not come from the will of God. In Paul’s time, Judaizers were trying to entice believers by using clever-sounding philosophies. Paul described their hollow talk as idle babblings (see 1Ti_6:20; Eph_5:6; Col_2:8; 2Ti_2:16). On the other hand, the teaching of Paul and the apostles was not futile; it would last throughout eternity because it originated in God’s unchanging will (Mat_5:18; 1Co_15:12-15).  ~ John MacArthur