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The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, Chapter 4
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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;
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Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their
conscience seared with a hot iron;
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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.
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For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if
it be received with thanksgiving:
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For it is sanctified by the word
of God and prayer.
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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.
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But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself
rather unto godliness.
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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.
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This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
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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.
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These things command and teach.
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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.
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Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to
doctrine.
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Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by
prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy
profiting may appear to all.
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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.
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