1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| I Timothy 4:7 | *But avoid foolish and old wives' fables: and exercise thyself to piety. 1 Timothy 1:4.; 2 Timothy 2:23.; Titus 3:9. | Old wives' fables.{ Ver. 7. Bebelous.|} Some understand the groundless traditions of the Jews; others the ridiculous fictions of Simon Magus and his followers. In the Greek they are called profane fables. (Witham) |