 Let's look at some of these metaphors Paul uses to explain the need for spiritual growth in your soul's mentality and why your Christian life requires endurance. In 1 Timothy 4, 7, again, our verse, reject profane and old wives' fables. That's what he told Timothy. And then he said, exercise yourself to godliness. We'll get into what is godliness here in just a minute. But we start off with Paul instructing young Timothy, young pastor Timothy,