The text

1 Timothy 4

1 Timothy 4:1WEB

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

1 Timothy 4:2WEB

through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,

1 Timothy 4:3WEB

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 4:4WEB

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 4:5WEB

For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

1 Timothy 4:6WEB

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

1 Timothy 4:7WEB

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

1 Timothy 4:8WEB

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now and of that which is to come.

1 Timothy 4:9WEB

This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

1 Timothy 4:10WEB

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

1 Timothy 4:11WEB

Command and teach these things.

1 Timothy 4:12WEB

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

1 Timothy 4:13WEB

Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

1 Timothy 4:14WEB

Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

1 Timothy 4:15WEB

Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

1 Timothy 4:16WEB

Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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