The ‘*Jewish false stories’ are probably the same ones that Titus 3:9 and 1 Timothy 1:4 refer to. Some *Jews had made up stories about people in the *Old Testament. Then people wasted time as they discussed these false stories.

The ‘commands’ were probably traditions and rules that men had invented. But the men who invented these rules refused to obey the truth. The *Jews had made up extra rules about the kind of food that people could eat. They told people what they could touch or do. *Jews said that Christians must obey these traditions and rules. Paul listed some of these rules in Colossians 2:16-23 and 1 Timothy 4:1-5. The *Jews said that their rules explained God’s laws. But they had made up the rules.

When the false teachers believed the truth, they would not be interested in the lies any more.

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