1 Timothy 1:4

Not to give heed to fables and endless genealogies: which furnish questions rather than the edification of God, which is in faith.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

In Context

3As I desired thee to remain at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some not to teach otherwise,

5Now the end of the commandment is charity, from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:9Now I am glad: not because you were made sorrowful; but because you were made sorrowful unto penance. For you were made sorrowful according to God, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing.

1 Timothy 3:16And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 6:3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that doctrine which is according to godliness,

1 Timothy 6:20O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words, and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called.

2 Timothy 2:16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they grow much towards ungodliness.

2 Timothy 4:4And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:2-5

First Timothy Hitherto Paul's epistles were directed to churches; now follow some to particular persons: two to Timothy, one to Titus, and another to Philemon—all three ministers. Timothy and Titus were evangelists, an inferior order to the apostles, as appears by Eph. iv. 11 , Some prophets, some apostles, some evangelists. Their commission and work was much the same with that of the apostles, to plant churches, and water the churches that were planted; and accordingly they were itinerants, as we find Timothy… Read the whole commentary →

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