1 sn Profane chatter was apparently a characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim 1:3-4; 4:7; 6:20).
2 tn Grk “they [who engage in it] will progress even more in ungodliness.”
3 tn Grk “will advance to the worse.”
4 tn Grk “deceiving and being deceived.”