Sign in
1 Timothy 4:7 — King James Version← Study notes

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.


1 Timothy 4:7Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 4:712 words
GreekMeaning
τοὺςtous
thearticleG3588
δὲde
ButwordG1161
βεβήλουςbebēlous
profaneadjectiveG952
καὶkai
andwordG2532
γραώδειςgraōdeis
sillyadjectiveG1126
μύθουςmythous
fablesnounG3454
παραιτοῦparaitou
do refuseverbG3868
γύμναζεgymnaze
do trainverbG1128
δὲde
ratherwordG1161
σεαυτὸνseauton
yourselfpronounG4572
πρὸςpros
toprepositionG4314
εὐσέβειανeusebeian
godlinessnounG2150
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 4:7

“Putting them in remembrance,” he says; here you observe no authority; but all is condescension: he does not say “commanding” or “enjoining,” but reminding them: that is, suggest these things as matter of advice, and so enter into discourses with them concerning the faith, “being nourished up,” he says, meaning to imply constancy in application to these things. For as we set before us day by day this bodily nourishment, so he means, let us be continually receiving discourses…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 12 on First Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!