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3 If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godliness,
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3 If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
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4 he is puffed up with conceit, he knows nothing; he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,
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4 he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions
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5 and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
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5 and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
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