| 1 | Now the Spirit speaketh expressly , that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith , giving heed to seducing spirits , and doctrines of devils ; |
| 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 of them which believe and know the truth . |
| 4 | For every creature of God [is] good , and nothing to be refused , if it be received with thanksgiving : |
| 5 | For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer . |
| 6 | If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things , thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ , nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine , whereunto thou hast attained . |
| 7 | But refuse profane and old wives ' fables , and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness . |
| 8 | For bodily exercise profiteth little : but godliness is profitable unto 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 labour and suffer reproach , because we trust in the living God , who is the Saviour of all men , specially of those that believe . |
| 11 | These things command and teach . |
| 12 | Let no man despise thy youth ; but be thou an example of the believers , in word , in conversation , in charity , in spirit , in faith , in purity . |
| 13 | Till I come , give attendance to reading , to exhortation , to doctrine . |
| 14 | Neglect not the gift that is in thee , which was given thee by prophecy , with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery . |
| 15 | Meditate upon these things ; give thyself wholly to them ; that thy profiting may appear to all . |
| 16 | Take heed unto thyself , and unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself , and them that hear thee . |
