{Fightings about the law} (machas nomikas). "Legal
battles." See  1Ti 6:4  2Ti 2:23 . Wordy fights about Mosaic and
Pharisaic and Gnostic regulations. {Shun} (periistaso). Present
middle imperative of periist(886d)i, intransitive, step around,
stand aside ( 2Ti 2:16 ). Common in this sense in the literary
_Koin(825f). {Unprofitable} (an(9370)heleis). Old compound adjective
(a privative and ophelos), in N.T. only here and  Heb 7:18 .