^14 (A)not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and ^(B)the commands of people ^(C)who turn away from the truth.

⁴ and ^(A)will turn away from listening to the truth and ^(B)wander off into myths.

²² (^(A)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to ^(B)human precepts and teachings?

²² What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The ^(A)dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

⁹ But now that you have come to know God, or rather ^(A)to be known by God, ^(B)how can you turn back again to ^(C)the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

⁴ nor ^(A)to devote themselves to myths and endless ^(B)genealogies, which promote ^(C)speculations rather than the stewardship^[a] from God that is by faith. ⁵ The aim of our charge is love ^(D)that issues from a pure heart and ^(E)a good conscience and ^(F)a sincere faith. ⁶ Certain persons, by ^(G)swerving from these, have wandered away into ^(H)vain discussion, ⁷ desiring to be teachers of the law, ^(I)without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.