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2 Timothy 2:16

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2:16But avoid profane chatter,29 because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,30

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Footnotes

  1. 29 Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3–4; 4:7; 6:20).
  2. 30 Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Avoid irreverent and empty speech, since those who engage in it will produce even more godlessness,

NLTNew Living Translation

Avoid worthless, foolish talk that only leads to more godless behavior.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness,

KJV 1900King James Version

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.