1 Timothy 1:4
nor to attend to fables and endless genealogies, which give occasion to disputes rather than godly edification, which is by faith; so do.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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2 Corinthians 7:9Now I rejoice, not that ye have been made sorrowful, but that ye have sorrowed unto repentance; for ye have been made sorry in a godly manner, that ye might receive damage from us in nothing.
1 Timothy 3:16And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen of angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
1 Timothy 6:3If any man teach another doctrine, and attend not to the sound words, which are those of Jesus Christ our Lord, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
1 Timothy 6:20O Timothy, guard the sacred deposit, avoiding profane trifling talk, and antitheses of misnamed science:
2 Timothy 2:16But profane vain bablings avoid: for they will proceed to greater lengths of impiety.
2 Timothy 4:4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and listen 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 →