³ For ^(A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

⁹ But ^(A)avoid foolish ^(B)controversies, ^(C)genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for ^(D)they are unprofitable and worthless. ¹⁰ As for a person who stirs up division, ^(E)after warning him once and then twice, ^(F)have nothing more to do with him, ¹¹ knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.