1 Timothy 4
Prediction of
Apostasy |
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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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A Good Minister of
Jesus Christ |
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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 labor 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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