| Chapter 4 |
1 | Now the Spirit manifestly saith, that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error, and doctrines of devils,
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2 | Speaking lies in hypocrisy, and having their conscience seared,
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3 | Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and by them that have known the truth.
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4 | For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:
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5 | For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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6 | These things proposing to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words of faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast attained unto.
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7 | But avoid foolish and old wives' fables: and exercise thyself unto godliness.
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8 | For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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9 | A faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
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10 | For therefore we labor and are reviled, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.
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11 | These things command and teach.
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12 | Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an example of the faithful in word, in conversation, in charity, in faith, in chastity.
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13 | Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine.
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14 | Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.
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15 | Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all.
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16 | Take heed to thyself and to doctrine: be earnest in them. For in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.
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