nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: --

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.