1 Timothy 1:4 - Easy To Read Version

Tell those people not to give their time to stories that are not true and to long lists of names in family histories. Those things only bring arguments. Those things don’t help God’s work. God’s work is done by faith.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Nor to give importance to or occupy themselves with legends (fables, myths) and endless genealogies, which foster and promote useless speculations and questionings rather than acceptance in faith of God's administration and the divine training that is in faith (in that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence)–

American Standard Version (1901)

neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now.

Common English Bible

They shouldn’t pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. Their teaching only causes useless guessing games instead of faithfulness to God’s way of doing things.

Catholic Public Domain Version

against those who have been paying attention to fables and endless genealogies. These things present questions as if they were greater than the edification that is of God, which is in faith.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Not to give heed to fables and endless genealogies: which furnish questions rather than the edification of God, which is in faith.

1 Timothy 1:4 Tagairtí Cros

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say with all my heart that it is true: In all the things we have done in the world, we have done everything with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even more true in the things we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace (kindness), not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

Ephesians 3:2

Surely you know that God gave me this work through his grace (kindness). God gave me this work to help you.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great:

1 Timothy 4:7

People tell silly stories that don’t agree with God’s truth. Don’t follow \{what\} those stories \{teach\}. But teach yourself to truly serve God.

1 Timothy 6:11

But you are a man of God. So you should stay away from all those things. Try to live in the right way, serve God, have faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

1 Timothy 6:20

Timothy, God has trusted you with many things. Keep those things safe. Stay away from people who talk about useless things that are not from God. Stay away from people who argue against \{the truth\}. Those people use something they call “knowledge”—but it is really not knowledge.

2 Timothy 2:14

Continue telling the people these things. And warn those people before God not to argue about words. Arguing about words does not help any person. And it ruins those people who listen.

2 Timothy 2:22

Stay away from the evil things a young person wants to do. Try very hard to live right and to have faith, love, and peace. Do these things together with those people who have pure hearts and trust in the Lord.

2 Timothy 2:23

Stay away from foolish and stupid arguments. You know that those arguments grow into bigger arguments.

2 Timothy 4:4

People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories.

Titus 1:1

Greetings from Paul, a servant of God and an apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Jesus Christ. I was sent to help the faith of God’s chosen people. I was sent to help those people to know the truth. And that truth shows people how to serve God.

Titus 1:14

Then those people will stop accepting Jewish stories. And they will stop following the commands of those people who don’t accept the truth.

Titus 3:9

But I am not commanding you; I am asking you to do it out of love. I am Paul. I am an old man now, and I am a prisoner for Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 13:9

Don’t let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace (kindness), not by obeying rules about foods. Obeying those rules doesn’t help people.

2 Peter 1:16

We told you about the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. We told you about his coming. Those things we told you were not just smart stories that people invented. No! We saw the greatness of Jesus with our own eyes.