1 B ut the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

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

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

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

6 I f 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 b ut refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

8 f or 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 F aithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation.

10 F or to this end we labor 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 T hese things command and teach.

12 L et 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 T ill I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

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

16 T ake 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.