1 Timothy 4

NSB^{(i) 1} The Spirit explicitly says that some will fall away from the faith (truth) in later times. Spirits and doctrines of demons will seduce them, ² through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron. ³ They will forbid marrying, [and command] to abstain from food, 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 This is because it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer. ⁶ If you tell the brothers about these things, you will 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. ⁷ Refuse false stories and old wives' fables. Train yourself with godliness in mind. ⁸ Bodily exercise is profitable for a little. However, godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of the life that is to come. ⁹ Faithful and worthy of full acceptance is the statement. ¹⁰ This is why we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on 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 look down on your youth. Be an example to the believers in speech and conduct, in love, in faith and chasteness. ¹³ Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. ¹⁴ Do not neglect the spiritual gift in you. It was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders. ¹⁵ Be diligent and think about these things. Give yourself wholly to them. That way your progress may be apparent to all. ¹⁶ Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things. When you do this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.