Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
Put ... in remembrance (Titus 3:1; 2 Peter 1:12).
Them - over whom thou presidest (Titus 3:1).
Charging, х diamarturomenos (G1263): the dia (G1223) implies interposition of witnesses] - 'testifying solemnly.'
Before the Lord (1 Timothy 5:21).
That they strive not about words - `not to have a mere logomachy' (2 Timothy 2:23-24; 1 Timothy 6:4), where vital matters are at stake (2 Timothy 2:17-18; Acts 8:15). [A C f g, Vulgate, put a stop at "charging them before the Lord," and read the imperative, Logomachei, 'Strive not thou about words,' etc. But 'Aleph (') Delta G, Syriac, support logomachein (G3054), as the English version.]
To no profit - not qualifying "words;" but Greek neuter, in apposition with 'strive, about words' '(a thing) profitable for nothing;' the opposite of "meet for the master's use" (2 Timothy 2:21).
To (tending to) the subverting - the opposite of 'edifying' (building up) (2 Corinthians 13:10).