1Tim 4
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But the Spirit says expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
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through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with
a hot iron;
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forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to
be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
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For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received
with thanksgiving:
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for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
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If you put the brethren in mind of these things, you shall be a good minister of Christ
Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have
followed [until now]:
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but refuse profane and old wives` fables. And exercise yourself to godliness:
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for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all
things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
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Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation.
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For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God,
who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.
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These things command and teach.
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Let no man despise your youth; but be you an ensample to them that believe, in word,
in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
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Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
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Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the laying
on of the hands of the presbytery.
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Be diligent in these things; give yourself wholly to them; that your progress may
be manifest to all.
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Take heed to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing
this you shall save both yourself and them that hear you.