可惜有些人卻偏離這些，轉向空洞的談論。

有人偏离这些，反去讲虚浮的话，

有人偏离了这些而转向空谈，

有人偏离了这些而转向空谈，

可惜有些人却偏离这些，转向空洞的谈论。

有些人偏离了这些，就转向无意义的辩论，

有些人偏离了这些，转向了虚妄的话，

有人偏離這些，反去講虛浮的話，

有人偏離了這些而轉向空談，

有人偏離了這些而轉向空談，

有些人偏離了這些，就轉向無意義的辯論，

有些人不以這幾樣為正鵠，就偏向虛妄的談論，

有些人偏離了這些，轉向了虛妄的話，

乃有失此而向虛誕、

有人棄此、轉求虛誕、

有人棄此、轉求虛誕、

今同人中頗有不此之務、而歧入蹈虛鑿空之迷途者；

Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk.

Some have turned from these teachings. They would rather talk about things that have no meaning.

Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,

But some people have missed this whole point. They have turned away from these things and spend their time in meaningless discussions.

Some have departed from these and turned aside to fruitless discussion.

Some people have strayed from these things and have turned aside to fruitless discussion,

from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,

from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;

Some have deviated from these and turned aside to fruitless discussion.

From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking,

因為有許多悖逆之人喜歡空談，善於欺騙，尤其是那些奉行割禮的人。

要避免愚昧的爭論、有關家譜的辯駁和律法上的爭執，因為這些毫無益處。

不要參與愚昧無知的辯論，因為這些事只會引起紛爭。上帝的奴僕不可與人爭執，總要溫和待人，善於教導，心存忍耐。

他就是狂妄自大、一無所知。這種人專好問難，爭辯字句，結果引起嫉妒、紛爭、毀謗和猜忌，使那些思想敗壞、失去真理的人爭論不休，甚至把敬虔當作生財之道。

提摩太啊，你要持守所託付給你的，避開世俗的空談和那些違背真理、似是而非的學問。有些自稱有這種學問的人已經偏離了信仰。願恩典與你們同在！

因為有些人已經偏離正道，去追隨撒旦了。

因為底馬貪愛世界，離棄我跑到帖撒羅尼迦去了。革勒士去了加拉太，提多去了撻馬太，

他們離經背道，說復活的事已成過去，動搖了許多人的信心。