Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
Unprofitable
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Bible References
Avoid
Titus 1:14
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who reject the truth.
1 Timothy 1:3
As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines,
1 Timothy 4:7
Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself in godliness.
2 Timothy 2:23
Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know that they produce quarrels.
Unprofitable
1 Corinthians 8:1
Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, and charge them in the presence of God to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
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2 Timothy 2:23
Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know that they produce quarrels.