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. |
