2 Timothy 2:16

“But shun profane and vain babblings, etc.] The ministry of false teachers is mere babbling; a voice, and nothing else, as the man said of his nightingale; a sound of words, but no solid matter in them; great swelling words of vanity, like large bubbles of water, look big, and make a great noise, but have nothing in them; contain nothing but vain, empty, idle, and trifling stuff; what is unprofitable and unedifying, yea, what is profane, contrary to the nature and perfections of God, and not agreeable to the doctrine which is according to godliness; and being palmed upon the Holy Scriptures, is a profanation of them. And all such wicked and empty prate, and babbling, is to be shunned,…”

“shun--literally, "stand above," separate from, and superior to. vain--opposed to "the truth" (Ti2 2:15). babblings--with loud voice: opposed to the temperate "word" (Tit 3:9). increase--Greek, advance"; literally, "strike forward": an image from pioneers cutting away all obstacles before an advancing army. They pretend progress; the only kind of progress they make is to a greater pitch of impiety. more ungodliness--Greek, "a greater degree of impiety."”

“But shun profane and vain babblings, - see the notes at 1 Timothy 6:20. For they will increase unto more ungodliness - Their tendency is to alienate the soul from God, and to lead to impiety. Such kinds of disputation are not merely a waste of time, they are productive of positive mischief. A man fond of contention in religious things is seldom one who has much love for the practical duties of piety, or any very deep sense of the distinction between right and wrong. You will not usually look for him in the place of prayer, nor can you expect his aid in the conversion of sinners, nor will you find that he has any very strict views of religious obligation. return to 'Top of Page'”

“They - Who babble thus will grow worse and worse. 2 Timothy 2:17”

“shun: Ti2 2:14; Ti1 4:7, Ti1 6:20; Tit 1:14, Tit 3:9 for: Ti2 3:13; Ezr 10:10; Hos 12:1; Co1 5:6, Co1 15:33; Th2 2:7, Th2 2:8; Tit 1:11; Heb 12:15; Pe2 2:2, Pe2 2:18; Rev 13:3, Rev 13:14 2 Timothy 2:17”