2 Timothy 2:23

But foolish and unlearned questions But those foolish and ignorant questionings steadily refuse; as above -beware their bad doctrine; their foolish questioning decline."

unlearned The word occurs nowhere else in N.T., its meaning -indoctus" and then -ineptus" is seen in Proverbs 8:5, -Ye fools, be ye of an understandingheart." Hence its appropriate union here with -foolish." -Ignorant" has a shade of moral fault very frequently, which makes it a better rendering than -unlearned." Cf. Psalms 49:10, -the ignorant and foolish" (Pr.-B. V.).

questions -Questionings," see note on 1 Timothy 1:4.

avoid -Decline," see note on 1 Timothy 4:7 where the form of the sentence is very similar to 2 Timothy 2:22.

knowing Seems to require some such addition as -as thou dost" to render the original; -knowing that" being a weak and colloquial phrase by itself.