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Titus 3:9

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3:9But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies,9 quarrels, and fights about the law,10 because they are useless and empty.

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Footnotes

  1. 9 Cf. 1 Tim 1:4.
  2. 10 Fights about the law were characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus as well as in Crete (cf. 1 Tim 1:3–7; Titus 1:10, 14).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But avoid foolish debates, genealogies, quarrels, and disputes about the law, because they are unprofitable and worthless.

NLTNew Living Translation

Do not get involved in foolish discussions about spiritual pedigrees or in quarrels and fights about obedience to Jewish laws. These things are useless and a waste of time.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and contentions and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and fruitless.

KJV 1900King James Version

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.