1 Timothy 4

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A Warning against Apostasy

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

¹But the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons,

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

²in the hypocrisy of liars, having been seared in their own conscience,

³They 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.

³forbidding to marry, requiring to abstain from foods that God created for reception with thanksgiving by the faithful and by those knowing the truth.

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

⁴For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving,

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

⁵for it is sanctified by the word of God and intercession.

A Good Servant of Jesus Christ

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

⁶Laying before the brothers these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being nourished in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have closely followed.

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

⁷But reject profane and silly myths. Rather, train yourself unto godliness.

⁸For 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.

⁸For bodily exercise is to a little profit, but godliness is profitable for everything, having the promise of the present life and of the one about to be.

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

⁹Trustworthy is the word, and worthy of full acceptance.

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

¹⁰For unto this we toil and strive, because we have hoped on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.

¹¹Command and teach these things.

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

¹²Let no one despise your youth, but be a pattern for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

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

¹³Until I come, give heed to the reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

¹⁴Do 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.

¹⁴Do not be negligent of the gift in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elderhood.

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

¹⁵Ponder these things; be in them, so that your advancement may be apparent to all.

¹⁶Pay 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.

¹⁶Give heed to yourself and to the teaching. Continue in them; for doing this, you will save both yourself and those hearing you.