3  Just as I urged you to remain in Ephesus as I traveled into Macedonia, that you should command certain [people] not to teach differently,

3  As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

4  nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.

4  neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; [so do I now].

4  against those who have been paying attention to fables and endless genealogies. These things present questions as if they were greater than the edification that is of God, which is in faith.

5  Now the goal of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,

5  But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned

5  Now the fulfillment of the commandment is love out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of a true faith

6  from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to futile talk,

6  from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;

6  Certain persons, wandering away from these things, have been turned aside to empty babbling,

7  desiring to be teachers of the law, not understanding either what they say or what they affirm.