1 Timothy 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

To

Endless

Titus 3:9

Questions

1 Timothy 6:4

2 Timothy 2:22

Godly

Hebrews 13:9

General references

2 Timothy 2:23

Bible References

To

as for prophane and groundless fables, reject them.

he is full of pride and ignorance, touch'd with a spirit of chicanery and wrangling, productive of envy, contention, calumny,

These things represent, conjuring them by the presence of the Lord, to avoid disputes about words, which only serve to pervert the audience.

which, while they are deaf to the truth, attentively listen to fables.

not doating on Jewish Fables, and the tenets of men, that deviate from the truth.

for, the information we gave you of the powerful advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, did not proceed from any artfully contriv'd fables, we our selves having been spectators of his majesty.

Endless

but avoid frivolous enquiries about genealogies, and vexatious disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Questions

he is full of pride and ignorance, touch'd with a spirit of chicanery and wrangling, productive of envy, contention, calumny,

Avoid the passions of youth. pursue justice, fidelity, benevolence and concord with all sincere christians.

Godly

the mystery of piety is the pillar and basts of truth; and certainly most extraordinary. God has appear'd in the flesh, been justified by the spirit, seen by angels, proclaim'd to the Gentiles, believ'd by the world, and assum'd into glory.

If any one deviate from this doctrine, not adhering to the wholesome instructions of our Lord Jesus Christ, the true doctrine of piety,

for this is to me matter of glorying, the testimony of my conscience, that without artifice, and with religious sincerity, not by worldly wisdom, but by God's favourable assistance I have behaved my self towards all men, but more particularly to you.

now I rejoice, not at your uneasiness, but at your repentance which succeeded: for your sorrow was a religious sorrow, such as convinc'd you I had done you no wrong.

thus fitly qualifying his servants for their respective offices, in order to build up the body of Christ:

Paul a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to declare the faith which recommends men to the divine favour, and to convince them of that truth, which leads to piety,

for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.

General references

decline all impertinent barren disputes, since they only serve for contention.