1 Timothy 4:7
But from the foolish stories of old women abstain; and exercise thy soul in righteousness.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
In Context
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:4nor throw themselves (away) upon stories and tales of generations which have no end, (but) which rather subserve contentions, and not edification in the faith of Aloha.
1 Timothy 3:16And truly great is this mystery of righteousness, which was revealed in the flesh, and justified by the Spirit, and seen of angels, and preached among the peoples, and believed in the world, and taken up into glory.
1 Timothy 6:20O Timothy, watch over that which is confided to thee, and fly from vain words, and the turnings of false knowledge.
2 Timothy 2:23From foolish controversies which are without instruction withdraw; for thou knowest that they beget strifes.
2 Timothy 4:4And from the truth they will turn away their ear, but to fables will decline.
Titus 2:12and teacheth us to deny wickedness and the lusts of the world, and to live in this world in purity, and in rectitude, and in the fear of Aloha,
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:7-16
Exhortation to Godliness; Exhortation to Ministerial Duties. ( a. d. 64.) 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 9 This is… Read the whole commentary →