But refuse profane and old wives fables; all impertinent discourses, which tend nothing to promote either faith or holiness, which he disdainfully calls old wives fables, tales of a tub, as we say, discourses having no bottom in the word of God, are not fit for pulpits. And exercise thyself rather unto godliness; let thy constant study be things that may promote godliness, impart those things unto people, and live up to them in thy conversation.
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1 Timothy 4:7
7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.