who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you ¹  and me.

But would you like evidence, ¹  you empty fellow, ²  that faith without works is useless? ³ 

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, ¹  quarrels, and fights about the law, ²  because they are useless and empty.

Does he argue ¹  with useless ²  talk, with words that have no value in them?

You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. ¹ 

Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.

On the one hand a former command is set aside ¹  because it is weak and useless, ² 

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

Surely it is futile to spread ¹  a net in plain sight of ²  any bird, ³ 

Like legs that hang limp ¹  from the lame, so ²  is a proverb ³  in the mouth of fools.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; ¹  its fate is to be burned.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither completely away, and his right eye become completely blind!”

You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped ¹  by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all? ² 

So ¹  when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. ¹  The process of refining them has proved useless. ²  The wicked have not been purged.

nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. ¹  Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan ²  that operates by faith.

Remind people ¹  of these things and solemnly charge them ²  before the Lord ³  not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen. ⁴