有些人偏離了這些，轉向了虛妄的話，

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，

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,

因為實在有許多不服從的、講虛妄話的、欺騙人的，尤其是那些屬於割禮派的人；

至於愚拙的辯論、家譜、紛爭和律法上的爭執，你都要避免；因為這些都是無用的，是虛妄的。

要拒絕愚拙無知的辯論，因為你知道這些只會引起爭鬥，而主的奴僕不應該爭鬥；相反，要溫和地對待所有的人，善於教導，忍受惡待，

那麼他就成了自以為是的人，什麼都不知道，只對辯論和言詞上的爭執有病態的嗜好，由此引發嫉妒、紛爭、毀謗、惡意的猜疑；他在那些理性敗壞、喪失真理、以為敬神是得利之道的人中，引發無休止的爭吵。

哦，提摩太呀！你要保守那所受的託付，避開那些不敬神的空談和假冒知識之名的反對論。有些人自稱有這些「知識」，就在信仰上偏離了。願恩典與你們同在！

實際上，已經有一些人轉去隨從撒旦了。

因為迪馬斯愛上了現今的世代，就離棄我到帖撒羅尼迦去了；克勒斯克到加拉太去，提多到達爾馬提亞去了，

他們偏離了那有關真理的事，稱復活為已經過去的事，結果推翻了一些人的信仰。