1 Timothy 1 4
They shouldn't concern themselves with legends and never-ending obsessions about ancestry. Such ideas only lead to pointless debates, instead of understanding God as we trust in him.
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NIV 1 Timothy 1:4or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith.
NCV 1 Timothy 1:4Tell them not to spend their time on stories that are not true and on long lists of names in family histories. These things only bring arguments; they do not help God’s work, which is done in faith.
GNV 1 Timothy 1:4Neither that they giue heede to fables and genealogies which are endles, which breede questions rather then godly edifying which is by fayth.