1 N ow 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 s peaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

3 f orbidding 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 F or every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

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

6 I f 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 B ut refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

8 F or 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 T his is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

10 F or 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 T hese things command and teach.

12 L et 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 T ill I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

14 N eglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

15 M editate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

16 T ake heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.