Parallel Bible results for "1-timothy 1:4"

1 Timothy 1:4

New Century Version NCV

4 Tell them not to spend their time on stories that are not true and on long lists of names in family histories. These things only bring arguments; they do not help God's work, which is done in faith.

New International Version NIV

4 or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith.