1 Timothy 4
Reading 1 Timothy chapter 4 in the Webster's Bible, public-domain text from 1833.
Verses 1–10
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.
6 If thou shalt put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished by the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which thou hast attained.
7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] to godliness.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
9 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation.
10 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that believe.
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