Verse 23
Timothy needed to refuse to participate in unwise and immature debates since these generate arguments that prove divisive (cf. 1 Timothy 1:7).
"Such questions will be brought before you: refuse to discuss them." [Note: White, 4:168.]
Those who participate in this activity as a type of sport are ignorant (apaideutous). The same Greek word means undisciplined, uneducated, or rude.
"The irrelevancy of much of the controversy then prevalent among Christians seems to have deeply impressed St. Paul; again and again he returns to this charge against the heretical teachers, that their doctrines are unprofitable and vain, and that they breed strife about questions either unimportant or insoluble." [Note: Bernard, p. 126.]
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