1 Timothy 4

1The Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

2through the hypocrisy of liars whose own conscience has been seared,

3forbidding marriage and requiring abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and have come to know the truth.

4For every creation of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

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

6By putting these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Messiah Jesus, being nourished by the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

7But reject profane and old-womanish myths, and train yourself for godliness.

8For bodily training is beneficial for a little while, but godliness is beneficial for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and the coming one.

9The saying is trustworthy and worthy of full acceptance,

10For to this end we labor and are reproached, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

11Command these things and teach them.

12Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

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

14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

15Practice these things; be in them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

16Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persist in these things. For by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.