14. Insist on these things, testifying before the Lord. Do not be contentious about words, for this is useful for nothing but the subversion of listeners.
15. Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.
16. But avoid profane or empty talk. For these things advance one greatly in impiety.
17. And their word spreads like a cancer: among these are Hymenaeus and Philetus,