1 Timothy 4:7
But the silly tales of old women, shun thou; and occupy thyself with righteousness.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
In Context
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:4and not to throw themselves into fables and stories about genealogies, of which there is no end, which produce contention rather than edification in the faith of God.
1 Timothy 3:16and truly great, is this mystery of righteousness, which was revealed in the flesh, and justified in the spirit, and seen by angels, and proclaimed among the Gentiles, and believed on in the world, and received up into glory.
1 Timothy 6:20O Timothy, be careful of that which is committed to thee; and shun vain words, and the oppositions of false science:
2 Timothy 2:23Avoid those foolish discussions which afford no instruction; for thou knowest, that they generate contests.
2 Timothy 4:4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and incline after fables.
Titus 2:12and it teacheth us, to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live in this world in sobriety, and in uprightness, and in the fear of God,
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 →