有些人不以這幾樣為正鵠，就偏向虛妄的談論，

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。

有些人偏離了這些，就轉向無意義的辯論，

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,

有許多不服約束、好談虛妄事、欺騙人的人，尤其是那些受過割禮的人，

至於愚拙的辯論和族譜之空談跟紛爭、以及律法上的爭論、你總要遠避着；因為那是無益而徒勞的。

那些愚拙而無教育性的辯論、你也要拒絕參加，因為知道這些事能生爭吵；但主的僕人卻不應該好爭吵，應該溫和柔順以待眾人，善於教導，能忍受苦害，

他是蒙於傲氣，甚麼也不懂，只有好辯論和鬪爭言詞的弊病；從而生出嫉妒、紛爭、毁謗、惡性猜疑，不斷喧爭、於心思敗壞、真理被剝奪、以敬虔為利源的人中間。

提摩太啊，你要保守住所受的託付，要躲避凡俗的空談、和假稱為「知識」之對比論。有人自許為有這知識，就在信仰的事上失了正鵠。願恩惠與你們同在！

因為已經有人偏離、去隨從了撒但了。

因為底馬貪愛現今世，撇棄了我，往帖撒羅尼迦去，革勒士往加拉太去，提多往撻馬太去，

這種人在真理上失了正鵠，說復活之事已成過去，就傾覆了人的信仰。