1 Timothy 1:4

American Standard Version

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.

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1 Timothy 1:4 in other translations

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—

1 Timothy 1:4 · World English Bible

1 Timothy 1:4 in context

  1. 2unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  2. 3As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
  3. 4neither 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.
  4. 5But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:
  5. 6from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking;