<TITLE>1 Timothy 04</TITLE><BR>1 Timothy 4 <BR>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;<BR>2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;<BR>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.<BR>4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:<BR>5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.<BR>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.<BR>7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.<BR>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.<BR>9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.<BR>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.<BR>11 These things command and teach.<BR>12 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.<BR>13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.<BR>14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.<BR>15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.<BR>16 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.<BR><BR><BR>