⁹ But ·stay away from [avoid] foolish ·arguments [controversies; debates] and ·talk about useless family histories [^Lgenealogies; 1 Tim. 1:4] and ·arguments [quarrels; disputes] and ·quarrels [fights] about the law [1:10, 14; 1 Tim. 1:3–7]. Those things are ·worth nothing [unprofitable] and ·will not help anyone [empty]. ¹⁰ After a first and second warning, ·avoid [reject; have nothing to do with] someone who ·causes arguments [is divisive; causes factions]. ¹¹ You can know that such people are ·evil [warped; perverted; corrupt] and sinful; ·their own sins prove them wrong [^L…being self-condemned].