## If someone teaches ##

"Anyone who teaches" or "Those who teach." Paul assumes that people are in fact teaching <b>differently</b>; this is not a hypothetical case. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])

## someone … he … he ##

The UDB uses the plural "some people … such people … they" to say that the "someone" who "teaches" could be male or female, one person or many people. Use the form in your language that allows for this range of meaning.

## he is sick with arguments ##

"all he wants to do is argue" or "they crave arguments." Such people greatly desire the act of arguing itself, and do not really want to find a way to agree.

## word fights ##

"arguments over what words mean" or "words that cause fights" or "words meant to hurt others"

## envy ##

"the desire to have what others have"

## strife ##

"arguments between believers"

## insults ##

"people falsely saying bad things about each other"

## evil suspicions ##

Saying that anyone who disagrees with them is trying to do evil.

## contentions ##

"quarrels that last a long time"

## decayed minds ##

"minds that have been destroyed by bad thoughts"