The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Timothy 04
1 But the Spirit says expressly that in
later times some will fall away from the
faith, paying attention to seducing spirits
and doctrines of demons,
2 through the hypocrisy of men who
speak lies, branded in their own
conscience as with a hot iron,
3 forbidding marriage and commanding
to abstain from foods which God created
to be received with thanksgiving by those
who believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of God is good, and
nothing is to be rejected if it is received
with thanksgiving.
5 For it is sanctified through the word of
God and prayer.
6 If you instruct the brothers of these
things, you will be a good servant of
Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith
and of the good doctrine which you have
followed.
7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables.
Exercise yourself toward godliness.
8 For bodily exercise has some value, but
godliness has value in all things, having
the promise of the life which is now and of
that which is to come.
9 This saying is faithful and worthy of all
acceptance.
10 For to this end we both labor and
suffer reproach, because we have set our
trust in the living God, who is the Savior of
all men, especially of those who believe.
11 Command and teach these things.
12 Let no man despise your youth; but be
an example to those who believe, in word,
inyour way oflife, inlove, inspirit, infaith,
and in purity.
13 Until I come, pay attention to reading,
to exhortation, and to teaching.
14 Don’t neglect the gift that is in you,
which was given to you by prophecy with
the laying on of the hands of the elders.
15 Be diligent in these things. Give
yourself wholly to them, that your progress
may be revealed to all.
16 Pay attention to yourself and to your
teaching. Continue in these things, for in
doing this you will save both yourself and
those who hear you.