Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
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Interpretation
Jesus Christ is a Christian's hope; all our hopes of eternal life are built upon him; and Christ is in us the hope of glory. The apostle seems to have been the means of Timothy's conversion; who served with him in his ministry, as a dutiful son with a loving father.
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This thought runs through 1 Timothy 1:3-7.