Apaideutos describes what characterizes controversies that are to be refused in 2 Timothy 2:23.

Its sole attested use characterizes controversies that are to be refused, in a clause where the APB says they produce quarrels.

1. Characterizing controversies to be refused · dominant

   In 2 Timothy 2:23, the accusative plural feminine form modifies controversies within the instruction to refuse them; the APB renders the clause, “But refuse foolish and uninstructed controversies, knowing that they beget quarrels.”

   2 Timothy 2:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Timothy 2:23, the APB includes “uninstructed” in its description of the controversies.