1 Timothy 4
1 Now the Spirit speaketh euidently, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, and shall giue heede vnto spirits of errour, and doctrines of deuils,
Now the Spirit expressly declares that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons;
2 Which speake lies through hypocrisie, and haue their cosciences burned with an hote yron,
through the hypocrisy of men who teach falsely and have their own consciences seared as with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marrie, and commanding to abstaine from meates which God hath created to be receiued with giuing thankes of them which beleeue and knowe the trueth.
forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear knowledge of the truth.
4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing.
For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God, and prayer.
For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of faith, and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually followed.
If you warn the brethren of these dangers you will be a good and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, inwardly feeding on the lessons of the faith and of the sound teaching of which you have been, and are, so close a follower.
7 But cast away prophane, and olde wiues fables, and exercise thy selfe vnto godlinesse.
But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all things, which hath the promise of the life present, and of that that is to come.
Train yourself in godliness. Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is useful in every respect, possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon coming.
9 This is a true saying, and by all meanes worthie to be receiued.
Faithful is this saying and deserving of universal acceptance:
10 For therefore we labour and are rebuked, because we trust in the liuing God, which is the Sauiour of all men, specially of those that beleeue.
and here is the motive of our toiling and wrestling, because we have our hopes fixed on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, and especially of believers.
11 These things warne and teache.
Command this and teach this.
12 Let no man despise thy youth, but be vnto them that beleeue, an ensample, in worde, in conuersation, in loue, in spirit, in faith, and in purenesse.
Let no one think slightingly of you because you are a young man; but in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, be an example for your fellow Christians to imitate.
13 Till I come, giue attendance to reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine.
Till I come, bestow your attention on reading, exhortation and teaching.
14 Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was giuen thee by prophecie with the laying on of the hands of the companie of the Eldership.
Do not be careless about the gifts with which you are endowed, which were conferred on you through a divine revelation when the hands of the elders were placed upon you.
15 These things exercise, and giue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest among all men.
Habitually practise these duties, and be absorbed in them; so that your growing proficiency in them may be evident to all.
16 Take heede vnto thy selfe, and vnto learning: continue therein: for in doing this thou shalt both saue thy selfe, and them that heare thee.
Be on your guard as to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things; for by doing this you will make certain your own salvation and that of your hearers.
