今同人中頗有不此之務、而歧入蹈虛鑿空之迷途者；

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，

乃有失此而向虛誕、

有人棄此、轉求虛誕、

有人棄此、轉求虛誕、

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,

方今不可駕御者、實繁有徒、信口雌黃、自欺欺人尤以割禮中人為甚。

至無理之詰究、譜系之研求、意氣之爭、律法之辯、皆屬浮華無益、悉當遠避。

凡無知愚昧之辯、徒滋口角、慎莫為之。為主之僕、豈宜耳紅面赤、與人爭論；惟當和氣迎人、循循善誘、寬裕溫柔、足以有容。

是必妄自尊大、懵然無知者也。若輩酖心空言辯論、於是嫉妒紛爭、詆毀猜忌、無所不至、喪心病狂、天理泯滅、甚且以宗教為貿利之途。

蒂茂德乎、所授於汝之託付、汝其謹守勿失。凡支離忘本之空談、似是而非之詭辯、皆汝所應深惡而痛絕也。人固有鶩於博覽、而昧於真道者焉。

當知如今已有數輩、流入魔道矣。

代馬士不能忘情於斯世、已離我而赴德颯洛尼矣。格肋森則往加拉西亞、提多亦赴達爾馬西亞。

若輩淆亂真理、妄稱復活已是明日黃花；同人中因此而喪失信德者有焉。