Preacher: Nam Park
1 Timothy 4:7-10
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There was on the one hand to reject the mythologies, the fables, which are only fit for old women. That is no offense to women at all. In fact, the Greek term we said had already come into use to the point of being an idiom. So in other words, even in Paul’s day, it was kind of like saying it’s an urban legend. It’s a wives tale. In fact our English term “wives tale” continues that same tradition was of classical Greek. And Paul even draws back to that. It’s an idiom in the time of Paul, it’s an idiom even to this day, and it is meant to offend nobody. When we say “it’s an old wives tale,” we don’t want all the old wives to go “that’s offensive to me!” That’s why most modern translations don’t even use that terminology. Most of your other translations, the NKJ or the ESV, will say something to the effect that they are just silly fables…Download Transcript