2 Timothy 2:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ Make every effort to present yourself before God as one who is worthy of his approval, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, but who imparts the word of truth without any alteration.

¹⁶ Avoid idle and worldly chatter, for those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly, ¹⁷ and their teaching will spread like a plague. Included among these are Hymenaeus^[a] and Philetus,