Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Timothy 4:7
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7. refuse--reject, avoid, have nothing to do with (2Ti 2:23; Tit 3:10).
old wives' fables--anile myths (1Ti 1:4, 9; Tit 1:14). They are "profane," because leading away from "godliness" or "piety" (1Ti 1:4-7; 6:20; 2Ti 2:16; Tit 1:1, 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, 8; compare 2Ti 2:22, 23; He 5:14; 12:11), but with a view to godliness or "piety" (1Ti 6:11, 12).
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