1Timothy: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 .