But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
By these are meant Jewish traditions, and he calls them “fables,” either because of their falsehood or their unseasonableness. For what is seasonable is useful, but what is unseasonable is not only useless but injurious.
