有些人偏離了這些，就轉向無意義的辯論，

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，

可惜有些人卻偏離這些，轉向空洞的談論。

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,

因為有許多不受約束、好講空話和欺騙人的，尤其是那些守割禮的人，

你要遠避愚昧的辯論、家譜、紛爭和律法上的爭執，因為這都是虛妄無益的。

你要拒絕愚蠢無知的問難；你知道這些事會引起爭論。但主的僕人卻不可爭論，總要待人溫和，善於教導，存心忍耐，

他是自高自大，一無所知，反而專好問難爭辯，由此產生妒忌、紛爭、毀謗、惡意的猜疑，就和那些心術敗壞，喪失真理的人不斷地爭吵。他們視敬虔為得利的門路。

提摩太啊，你要保守所交託你的，避免世俗的空談和冒稱是知識的那種反調；有些人自稱有這知識，就偏離了真道。願恩惠與你們同在。

因為有些人已經轉去跟從撒但了。

因為底馬貪愛現今的世界，就離棄我到帖撒羅尼迦去了。革勒士去了加拉太，提多去了達馬太。

他們偏離了真道，說復活的事已經過去了，於是毀壞了一些人的信心。