有些人偏离了这些，转向了虚妄的话，

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,

因为实在有许多不服从的、讲虚妄话的、欺骗人的，尤其是那些属于割礼派的人；

至于愚拙的辩论、家谱、纷争和律法上的争执，你都要避免；因为这些都是无用的，是虚妄的。

要拒绝愚拙无知的辩论，因为你知道这些只会引起争斗，而主的奴仆不应该争斗；相反，要温和地对待所有的人，善于教导，忍受恶待，

那么他就成了自以为是的人，什么都不知道，只对辩论和言词上的争执有病态的嗜好，由此引发嫉妒、纷争、毁谤、恶意的猜疑；他在那些理性败坏、丧失真理、以为敬神是得利之道的人中，引发无休止的争吵。

哦，提摩太呀！你要保守那所受的托付，避开那些不敬神的空谈和假冒知识之名的反对论。有些人自称有这些“知识”，就在信仰上偏离了。愿恩典与你们同在！

实际上，已经有一些人转去随从撒旦了。

因为迪马斯爱上了现今的世代，就离弃我到帖撒罗尼迦去了；克勒斯克到加拉太去，提多到达尔马提亚去了，

他们偏离了那有关真理的事，称复活为已经过去的事，结果推翻了一些人的信仰。