"Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in fa…" — 1 Timothy 1:4

1 Timothy 1:4 · KJV

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

— 1 Timothy 1:4

Verse 3

As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

Verse 5

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:

1 Timothy 1 — Context

Unto Timothy, {my} own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, {and} peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

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

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:

From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; {having...: or, not aiming at}

Cross References

1 Timothy 4:7

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself {rather} unto godliness.

Titus 1:14

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Titus 3:9

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

2 Timothy 4:4

And they shall turn away {their} ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

2 Peter 1:16

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

1 Timothy 6:3-5

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, {even} the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane {and} vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: {science: Gr. knowledge}

2 Timothy 2:14

Of these things put {them} in remembrance, charging {them} before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, {but} to the subverting of the hearers.