1 Timothy 4
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.
