001 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
002 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
003 Forbidding 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.
004 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
005 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
006 If 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.
007 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
008 For 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.
009 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
010 For 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.
011 These things command and teach.
012 Let 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.
013 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
014 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
015 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
016 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
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