1 Timothy 4:7

4:7 But reject those myths ¹  fit only for the godless and gullible, ²  and train yourself for godliness.

1 Timothy 6:20

Conclusion

6:20 O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid ³  the profane chatter and absurdities ⁴  of so-called “knowledge.” ⁵ 

¹ sn Those myths refer to legendary tales characteristic of the false teachers in Ephesus and Crete. See parallels in 1 Tim 1:4; 2 Tim 4:4; and Titus 1:14.

² tn Grk “the godless and old-wifely myths.”

³ tn Grk “avoiding.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁴ tn Or “contradictions.”

⁵ tn Grk “the falsely named knowledge.”