1 Timothy 4

1 But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils,

2 who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These people’s consciences are seared,

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

3 and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the faith and have attained a full knowledge of the truth.

forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

4 Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected – provided only that it is received thankfully;

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

5 for it is consecrated by God’s blessing and by prayer.

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

6 Put all this before the followers, and you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, sustained by the precepts of the faith and of that good teaching by which you have guided your life.

If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed [until now]:

7 As for profane legends and old wives’ tales, leave them alone. Train yourself to lead a religious life;

but refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

8 for while the training of the body is of service in some respects, religion is of service in all, carrying with it, as it does, a promise of life both here and hereafter.

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

9 How true that saying is and worthy of the fullest acceptance!

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation.

10 With that aim we toil and struggle, for we have set our hopes on the living God, who is the Saviour of all, and especially of those who hold the faith.

For to this end we labour and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

11 Remember these things in your teaching.

These things command and teach.

12 Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct, your love, your faith, and your purity, be an example to those who hold the faith.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

13 Until I come, apply yourself to public reading, preaching, and teaching.

Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

14 Do not neglect the divine gift within you, which was given you, amid many a prediction, when the hands of the church elders were laid on your head.

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 Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to everyone.

Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.

16 Look to yourself as well as to your teaching. Persevere in this, for your doing so will mean salvation for yourself as well as for your hearers.

Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.