And it is because they have not aimed at these things that the attention of certain people has been diverted to unprofitable subjects.
What think you? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them strays, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills, and go and search for the one that is straying?
There are some who have already left us, to follow Satan.
They have gone completely astray as regards the Truth; they say that a resurrection has already taken place, and so upset some people's faith.
for Demas, in his love for the world, has deserted me. He has gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
There are, indeed, many unruly persons--great talkers who deceive themselves, principally converts from Judaism,
But have nothing to do with foolish discussions, or with genealogies, or with controversy, or disputes about the Law. They are useless and futile.