he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,
"The indictment of the false teachers is thus multifaceted and comprehensive. It begins with their heterodoxy (1 Timothy 6:3), which is correlated with their conceit and lack of real understanding (1 Timothy 6:4 a) and their sick interest in mere controversy (1 Timothy 6:4 b), turns to the maliciousness of life that flows from these characteristics (1 Timothy 6:4 c), roots all this in spiritual blindness (1 Timothy 6:5 a), and ends with their materialistic motivation (1 Timothy 6:5 b). It is given to warn the church against such people. [Note: Knight, The Pastoral . . ., pp. 252-53.] 