THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO TIMOTHY 4

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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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain