1 Timothy 1:4
“Neither giue heed to fables, and endlesse genealogies, which minister questions, rather then edifying which is in faith: so doe.”
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1 Timothy 1:4 Context
2Unto Timothie my own sonne in the Faith: Grace, mercie, and peace from God our Father, and Iesus Christ our Lord. 3As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4Neither giue heed to fables, and endlesse genealogies, which minister questions, rather then edifying which is in faith: so doe. 5Now the end of the commandement is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith vnfained. 6From which some hauing swarued, haue turned aside vnto vaine iangling,
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Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: [so do].
- King James Version
nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than {furthering} the administration of God which is by faith.
- New American Standard Version (1995)