Shun for avoid, A.V.; questionings for questions, A.V.; strifes for contentions, A.V.; fightings for strivings, A.V. Shun ( περάτασο); see 2 Timothy 2:16. Foolish questionings; as 2 Timothy 2:23. Genealogies; as 1 Timothy 1:4.
Strifes ( ἔρεις); as 1 Timothy 6:4. Fightings about the Law ( μάχας νομικάς); such as St. Paul alludes to in 1 Timothy 1:1-20., and are probably included in the λογομαχίαιof 1 Timothy 6:4. Unprofitable ( ἀνωφελεῖς); only here and Hebrews 7:18; but it is found in the LXX.
and other Greek Versions, and in classical Greek (compare, for the sense, 2 Timothy 2:14). Vain ( μάταιοι); compare the use of ματαιολόγοι, "vain talkers" (Titus 1:10), and ματαιολογία "vain talking" (1 Timothy 1:6).
The whole picture is unmistakably one of the perverse Jewish mind.