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Exhortations » Special » To avoid various forms of evil
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted [to you]. Turn away from pointless empty talk and contradictions of [what is] falsely called knowledge,
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Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.
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But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and contentions and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and fruitless.
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Avoid it; do not transgress it; turn away from it and pass by.
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But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness,
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But avoid foolish and uninformed controversies, [because you] know that they produce quarrels.
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Vanity » Foolish questions, &c are
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted [to you]. Turn away from pointless empty talk and contradictions of [what is] falsely called knowledge,
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But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness,
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Remind [people] of these [things], solemnly urging [them] before the Lord not to dispute about words. [This is] in no way beneficial [and leads to] the ruin of the hearers.
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from which some have deviated, [and] have turned away into fruitless discussion,
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Vanity » Foolish questions are
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted [to you]. Turn away from pointless empty talk and contradictions of [what is] falsely called knowledge,
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But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and contentions and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and fruitless.
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But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness,
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Remind [people] of these [things], solemnly urging [them] before the Lord not to dispute about words. [This is] in no way beneficial [and leads to] the ruin of the hearers.
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from which some have deviated, [and] have turned away into fruitless discussion, wanting to be teachers of the law, [although they] do not understand either [the things] which they are saying or [the things] concerning which they are speaking confidently.