1 Timothy 1:4
2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
- KJV
- Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
- WEB
- and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith.
- ASV
- neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; [so do I now].
- DARBY
- nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than [further] God's dispensation, which [is] in faith.
- BLB
- nor to give heed to myths and endless genealogies, which cause controversies rather than the stewardship of God that [is] in faith.
- ÅB
- og ikke å gi seg av med eventyr og endeløse slektstavler, som mere fører til stridigheter enn til å tjene som Guds husholdere i troen - så ber jeg deg også nå.
- OTB
- og ikke gi seg av med myter og endeløse slektstavler, som fører til unyttige spekulasjoner i stedet for å fremme Guds plan, som er ved tro.
- B1930
- og ikke å gi sig av med eventyr og endeløse ættetavler, som mere fører til stridigheter enn til å tjene som Guds husholdere i troen - så ber jeg dig også nu.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 4:7
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
Read in contextTitus 1:14
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
Read in contextTitus 3:9
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:4
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Read in context2 Peter 1:16
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:3–5
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
Read in context1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
Read in contextHebrews 13:9
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
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