1 Timothy 4

Now ^athe Spirit ^bspeaketh expressly, that ^cin the latter times some shall ^ddepart from the faith, giving heed to ^eseducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; ^2fspeaking lies ^gin hypocrisy, ^hhaving their conscience seared with a hot iron; ³ⁱforbidding to marry, ^jand commanding ^kto abstain from meats, ^lwhich God hath created to be received ^mwith thanksgiving of them which believe and ⁿknow the truth. ⁴For ^oevery creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received ^mwith thanksgiving: ⁵for it is sanctified ^oby the word of God and ^pprayer. ⁶If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, ^qnourished up in the words of faith and of ^qqgood doctrine, whereunto thou hast ^rattained. ⁷But ^srefuse profane and old wives’ ^tfables, and ^uexercise thyself rather unto ^vgodliness. ⁸For ^wbodily exercise profiteth little: ^xbut ^vgodliness is profitable unto all things, ^yhaving promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. ^9zThis is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. ¹⁰For therefore ^awe both labour and suffer reproach, because we ^btrust in ^cthe living God, who is ^dthe Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. ^11eThese things command and teach.

^12fLet no man despise ^gthy youth; but ^hbe thou ⁱan example of the believers, in word, in ^jconversation, in ^kcharity, in spirit, in ^kfaith, in ^lpurity. ¹³Till I come, give attendance to reading, to ^mexhortation, to ⁿdoctrine. ^14oNeglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee ^pby prophecy, ^qwith the laying on of ^rthe hands of the presbytery. ¹⁵Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy ^sprofiting may appear to all. ^16tTake heed unto thyself, and unto the ⁿdoctrine; continue in them: for in doing this ^uthou shalt both save thyself, and ^xthem that hear thee.

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