Key Verse Spotlight
1 Timothy 1:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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 in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
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