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1 Timothy 4:7

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But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

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Verse 7. Old wives’ fables. [2] Some understand the groundless traditions of the Jews; others the ridiculous fictions of Simon Magus and his followers. In the Greek they are called profane fables. Witham.

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