4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
4:2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
4:3 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.
4:4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
4:5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
4:6 If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
4:7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.
4:8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
4:9 This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance
4:10 (and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.
4:11 Command and teach these things.
4:12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
4:13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.
4:14 Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.
4:15 Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.
4:16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
4:1 But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons
4:2 By means of the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, of men who are branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,
4:3 Who forbid marriage and command abstaining from foods, which God has created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by those who believe and have full knowledge of the truth.
4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if received with thanksgiving;
4:5 For it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.
4:6 If you lay these things before the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, being nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which you have closely followed.
4:7 But the profane and old-womanish myths refuse, and exercise yourself unto godliness.
4:8 For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life and of that which is to come.
4:9 Faithful is the word and worthy of all acceptance.
4:10 For to this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
4:11 Charge and teach these things.
4:12 Let no one despise your youth, but be a pattern to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
4:13 Until I come, attend to the public reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching.
4:14 Do not neglect the gift which is in you, which was given to you by means of prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
4:15 Practice these things; be in them, that your progress may be manifest to all.
4:16 Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; continue in these things; for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.