乃有失此而向虛誕、

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，

有些人偏離了這些，轉向了虛妄的話，

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,

蓋多有不順之人、言虛誕、行欺詐、奉割禮者尤甚、

惟遠愚詰、譜系、爭辯、及由律之競端、以其無益而虛妄也、

惟愚魯弗學之辯論、則拒之、蓋知此乃生爭競也、主之僕不宜爭競、乃以溫和處眾、善施教、忍受侮、

乃自衒無知、惟務言詞之爭辯、致生媢嫉、爭競、訕謗、妄疑、及壞心志喪真理者之紛爭、彼以敬虔為利途也、

提摩太乎、宜守所託、遠不經之空談、及偽智之抵禦、有人以此自許、而於道則失之矣、○願恩偕爾曹焉、

蓋已有轉從撒但者、

蓋底馬慕斯世而棄我、往帖撒羅尼迦、革勒士往加拉太、提多往撻馬太、

彼失真理、言復起之事既往、致傾覆數人之信、