2 Timothy 2:23
2 Timothy 2:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But have nothing to do with foolish and ignorant speculations [useless disputes over unedifying, stupid controversies], since you know that they produce strife and give birth to quarrels.
2 Timothy 2:22-26 The Message (MSG)
Run away from childish indulgence. Run after mature righteousness—faith, love, peace—joining those who are in honest and serious prayer before God. Refuse to get involved in inane discussions; they always end up in fights. God’s servant must not be argumentative, but a gentle listener and a teacher who keeps cool, working firmly but patiently with those who refuse to obey. You never know how or when God might sober them up with a change of heart and a turning to the truth, enabling them to escape the Devil’s trap, where they are caught and held captive, forced to run his errands.
2 Timothy 2:23 King James Version (KJV)
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
2 Timothy 2:23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels.
2 Timothy 2:23 New Century Version (NCV)
Stay away from foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they grow into quarrels.
2 Timothy 2:23 American Standard Version (ASV)
But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.
2 Timothy 2:23 New International Version (NIV)
Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.
2 Timothy 2:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.
2 Timothy 2:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
Again I say, don’t get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only start fights.