| 14 | Remind them of this, and charge them before the Lord to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. |
| 15 | Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. |
| 16 | Avoid such godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, |
| 17 | and their talk will eat its way like gangrene. Among them are Hymenae'us and Phile'tus, |
| 18 | who have swerved from the truth by holding that the resurrection is past already. They are upsetting the faith of some. |