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He is puffed up (tetuphōtai). Perfect passive indicative of tuphoō, for which see note on 1Ti 3:6.
Knowing nothing (mēden epistamenos). Present middle participle of epistamai. Ignorance is a frequent companion of conceit.
Doting (nosōn). Present active participle of noseō, to be sick, to be morbid over, old word, only here in N.T.
Disputes of words (logomachias). Our “logomachy.” From logomacheō (2Ti 2:14), and that from logos and machomai, to fight over words, late and rare word, here only in N.T. See Plato (Tim. 1085 F) for “wars in words” (machas en logois).
Whereof (ex hōn). “From which things.”
Surmisings (huponoiai). Old word from huponoeō, to surmise, to suspect (Act 25:18), only here in N.T. All these words are akin (envy, phthonos, strife, eris, railings or slanders, blasphēmiai), all products of an ignorant and conceited mind.