he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,
As Gould remarked, "This is about as close to invective as the apostle ever came!"[12] Of course, as we have already seen, any overt assault upon the established institution of slavery in ancient society would have been an unqualified disaster for the world; and the sheer insanity of any who might have advocated it shines in this passage.  Of course, other forms of senseless argument and disputation were also likewise condemned.