Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 4:7

Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 4:7 - 4:7

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 Timothy 4:7 - 4:7

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4:14 - 4:14
4:15 - 4:15
4:16 - 4:16

Refuse (paraitou). Present middle imperative second person singular of paraiteō, old verb, to ask of one and then to beg off from one as in Luk 14:18.; Act 25:11; 1Ti 4:7; 1Ti 5:11; Tit 3:10; 2Ti 2:23.

Profane (bebēlous). See note on 2Ti 1:9.

Old wives’ fables (graōdeis muthous). On muthos, see note on 2Ti 1:4. Graōdeis, late word (Strabo, Galen) from graus, old woman, and eidos (look, appearance). Such as old women tell to children like the Gnostic aeons.

Exercise thyself (gumnaze seauton). Present active imperative of gumnazō, originally to exercise naked (gumnos). Old and common verb, but in N.T. only here and Heb 5:14; Heb 12:11.