2 Timothy 2:16 Shun .. a strong word and means literally to make a circuit so as to avoid, (Lenski). "To turn one’ s self about for the purpose of avoiding something," (Thayer) Profane = ref to what said in two verse previous "striving about words". Some things are "profane" in spite of a cload of piety. Vain babblings = The end result of such disputes is not righteousness, but ungodliness.