Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:7

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:7 - 4:7

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:7 - 4:7

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:7 - 4:7
4:8 - 4:8
4:9 - 4:9
4:10 - 4:10
4:11 - 4:11
4:12 - 4:12
4:13 - 4:13
4:14 - 4:14
4:15 - 4:15
4:16 - 4:16

refuse - reject, avoid, have nothing to do with (2Ti 2:23; Tit 3:10).

old wives’ fables - anile myths (1Ti 1:4, 1Ti 1:9; Tit 1:14). They are “profane,” because leading away from “godliness” or “piety” (1Ti 1:4-7; 1Ti 6:20; 2Ti 2:16; Tit 1:1, Tit 1:2).

exercise thyself - literally, “exercise thyself” as one undergoing training in a gymnasium. Let thy self-discipline be not in ascetical exercises as the false teachers (1Ti 4:3, 1Ti 4:8; compare 2Ti 2:22, 2Ti 2:23; Heb 5:14; Heb 12:11), but with a view to godliness or “piety” (1Ti 6:11, 1Ti 6:12).