{Refuse} (paraitou). Present middle imperative second
person singular of paraite(935c), old verb, to ask of one and then
to beg off from one as in  Lu 14:18f.  Ac 25:11  1Ti 4:7  5:11  Tit 3:10  2Ti 2:23 . {Profane} (eb(886c)ous). See  1:9 . {Old
wives' fables} (gra(9364)eis muthous). On muthos, see  1:4 .
Gra(9364)eis, late word (Strabo, Galen) from graus, old woman,
and eidos (look, appearance). Such as old women tell to
children like the Gnostic aeons. {Exercise thyself} (gumnaze
seauton). Present active imperative of gumnaz(935c), originally to
exercise naked (gumnos). Old and common verb, but in N.T. only
here and  Heb 5:14  12:11 .