⁷ But ^[a]stay away from ^(A)worthless ^(B)stories that are typical of old women. Rather, ^[b]discipline yourself for the purpose of ^(C)godliness;

^20 (A)Timothy, protect ^(B)what has been entrusted to you, avoiding ^(C)worldly, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”—

¹⁶ that there be no ^(A)sexually immoral or ^(B)godless person like Esau, ^(C)who sold his own birthright for a single meal.