1 Timothy 4:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But cast away prophane & old wiues fables: Exercise thy selfe rather vnto godlynesse.

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  • 1 Tim 1:4 : 4 Neither geue heede to fables and endlesse genealogies, whiche breede questions, more then godly edifying which is in fayth.
  • 2 Tim 2:16 : 16 But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse.
  • Titus 2:12 : 12 Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde:
  • Titus 3:9 : 9 But foolishe questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and striuinges about the lawe, auoyde: for they are vnprofitable and vayne.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte, euen those whiche by reason of vse, haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-8 : 5 And herevnto geue all diligence: in your fayth minister vertue, in vertue knowledge, 6 In knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce pacience, in pacience godlynesse, 7 In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue. 8 For yf these thynges be among you, and be plenteous, they wyll make you that ye neither shalbe idle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein studie I, to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God, and toward men.
  • 2 Tim 2:23 : 23 But foolishe & vnlearned questions put from thee, knowyng that they do but gender strife.
  • 2 Tim 3:12 : 12 Yea, and all that wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesus, shall suffer persecution.
  • 2 Tim 4:4 : 4 And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables.
  • Titus 1:14 : 14 Not takyng heede to Iewes fables and comaundementes of men, turnyng from the trueth.
  • 1 Tim 2:10 : 10 But (that becommeth women professyng godlynesse) through good workes.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without doubt, great is that misterie of godlynesse: God was shewed in the flesshe, was iustified in the spirite, was seene among the angels, was preached vnto the gentiles, was beleued on in the worlde, and was receaued vp in glorie.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes.
  • 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timotheus, saue that which is geuen thee to kepe, auoydyng prophane and vayne bablynges, and oppositions of science, falslie so called:

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  • 1 Tim 4:8-9
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    8For bodyly exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all thinges, hauing promise of the lyfe that is nowe, and of that which is to come.

    9This is a sure saying, & by all meanes worthy to be receaued.

  • 1 Tim 1:3-4
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    3As I besought thee to abyde styll in Ephesus, when I departed into Macedonia so do that thou comaunde some that they teache no other doctrine:

    4Neither geue heede to fables and endlesse genealogies, whiche breede questions, more then godly edifying which is in fayth.

  • 1 Tim 4:5-6
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    5For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer.

    6Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually folowed.

  • Titus 1:14
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    14Not takyng heede to Iewes fables and comaundementes of men, turnyng from the trueth.

  • 2 Tim 2:14-16
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    14Of these thynges put them in remembraunce, testifie before the Lorde, that they striue not about wordes to no profite, but to the peruertyng of ye hearers.

    15Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth.

    16But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer: For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse.

  • 1 Tim 4:11-16
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    11These thynges commaunde & teache.

    12Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou a paterne of the beleuers, in worde, in conuersation, in loue, in spirite, in fayth, in chastitie.

    13Tyll I come geue attendaunce to readyng, to exhortation, to doctrine.

    14Despise not the gyfte that is in thee, which was geuen thee through prophesie, with the laying on of handes by the auctoritie of the eldership.

    15Haue a care of these thinges, and geue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest in all thynges.

    16Take heede vnto thy selfe, and vnto doctrine, and continue therein: For in doying this, thou shalt both saue thy selfe, and them that heare thee.

  • 1 Tim 6:5
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    5Uayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes, destitute of the trueth, thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse. From suche be thou separate.

  • 1 Tim 6:20
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    20O Timotheus, saue that which is geuen thee to kepe, auoydyng prophane and vayne bablynges, and oppositions of science, falslie so called:

  • Titus 3:8-9
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    8This is a faythfull saying: And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme, that they which haue beleued in God, myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes. These thynges are good and profitable vnto men.

    9But foolishe questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and striuinges about the lawe, auoyde: for they are vnprofitable and vayne.

  • 1 Tim 6:11
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    11But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes.

  • 2 Tim 3:5
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    5Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse, but denying the power therof: turne away from these.

  • 2 Tim 4:4
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    4And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables.

  • 1 Tim 6:3
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    3Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse:

  • 1 Tim 5:11
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    11But the yonger wydowes refuse: For whe they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe, they wyll marrie:

  • 2 Tim 2:22-23
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    22Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghteousnesse, fayth, loue, peace, with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart.

    23But foolishe & vnlearned questions put from thee, knowyng that they do but gender strife.

  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3Forbidding to marrie & commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth.

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    1But speake thou the thynges which become wholsome doctrine.

    2That the elder men be watchyng, graue, sober, sounde in fayth, in loue, in pacience:

    3The elder women lykewyse, that they be in such behauiour as becometh holynesse, not false accusers, not geuen to much wine, teachers of good thinges,

    4To make the young women sober mynded, to loue their husbandes, to loue their chyldren,

    5(To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed.

    6Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded.

    7In all thynges shewyng thy selfe a paterne of good workes, in the doctrine, vncorruptnesse, grauitie, integritie,

  • 1 Tim 2:10
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    10But (that becommeth women professyng godlynesse) through good workes.

  • 2 Pet 1:5-7
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    5And herevnto geue all diligence: in your fayth minister vertue, in vertue knowledge,

    6In knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce pacience, in pacience godlynesse,

    7In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue.

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    9Be not caryed about with diuers & strange doctrines: For it is a good thing that the heart be stablisshed with grace, & not with meates, which haue not profited the that haue ben occupied therin.

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    12Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde:

  • 1 Thess 4:3
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    3For this is the wyll of God, your holynesse, that ye should abstayne from fornication:

  • 1 Tim 1:6
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    6From the whiche thynges, some hauyng erred, haue tourned vnto vayne ianglyng:

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

  • 1 Tim 1:18
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    18This commaundement commit I vnto thee sonne Timotheus, accordyng to the prophesies which went before vpon thee, that thou in them shouldest fyght a good fyght:

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    1Seyng that we haue these promises (dearely beloued) let vs clense our selues from all fylthynesse of the flesshe & spirite, and growe vp to full holynesse in the feare of God.

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    23Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.

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    21Examine all thynges, holde fast that which is good.

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    22To lay downe, accordyng to the former conuersation, ye olde man, which is corrupt, accordyng to the lustes of error:

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    14But continue thou in the thynges which thou haste learned, which also were committed vnto thee, knowyng of whom thou hast learned them: