1 Timothy 4

1 Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

4 For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

5 because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

6 By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Jesus Christ, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.

7 But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.

8 For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

9 This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance.

10 To this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.

11 Command and teach these things.

12 Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.

14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

15 Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

16 Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

1 ¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

3 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

6 ¶ If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.

8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

9 This [is] a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

11 These things command and teach.

12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

1 But the Spirit saith clearly, that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, and shall cleave unto the seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.

2 by them that are liars in craftiness, and have brandings in their consciences

3 and forbid to marry and to shun the food which God has created, to take with thanksgiving, the believers and those who know the truth.

4 For all the creature of God is good, and nothing reprobate that is received with thanksgiving.

5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

6 If thou reprove these things unto the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of JESUS Christ, in the words of faith and good doctrine, whereunto thou hast always been.

7 But abstain from unspiritual things, and from fables of old. But exercise thyself in godliness.

8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness profiteth all things, and hath promise of this life, and of that which is to come.

9 This is ever certainly true, and a dear word.

10 For to this end we also labour, and are reproached, because we have hoped in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and especially of them that believe.

11 Give and teach these things.

12 Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example to the faithful in word, in walk, in love, in spirit, in faith, in chastity.

13 stop reading, exhorting, teaching, until I come!

14 Forsake not the gift that is given thee by the prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

15 Wait for these things, that thy increase may be manifest in all things.

16 Take heed to thyself, and to the doctrine; persevere in these things. For where thou doest these things, thou shalt save thyself, and they that hear thee.