Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
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Gill's Exposition
Neither give heed to fables,.... Old wives' fables, Ti1 4:7 or Jewish fables, Tit 1:14 the traditions of the elders; anything that was not true; or if it was, yet idle, vain, trifling, and…
Barnes' Notes
Neither give heed to fables - That is, that they should not bestow their attention on fables, or regard such trifles as of importance. The “fables” here referred to were probably the idle and puerile…
Adam Clarke
Neither give heed to fables - Idle fancies; things of no moment; doctrines and opinions unauthenticated; silly legends, of which no people ever possessed a greater stock than the Jews. Their Talmud…
Here is, I. The inscription of the epistle, from whom it is sent: Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, constituted an apostle by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ. His credentials…
Cambridge Bible
fables and endless genealogies Ellicott following Chrysostom and the early Greek commentators regards the false teaching as arising from Jewish, perhaps Cabbalistic sources, and only an affluent…
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