¹ But the spirit seith opynli, that in the laste tymes summen schulen departe fro the feith, yyuynge tent to spiritis of errour, and to techingis of deuelis; that speken leesing in ipocrisie,

² and haue her conscience corrupt,

³ forbedinge to be weddid, to absteyne fro metis, whiche God made to take with doyng of thankingis, to feithful men, and hem that han knowe the treuthe.

⁴ For ech creature of God is good, and no thing is to be cast awei, which is takun with doyng of thankyngis;

⁵ for it is halewid bi the word of God, and bi preyer.

⁶ Thou puttynge forth these thingis to britheren, schalt be a good mynystre of Crist Jhesu; nurschid with wordis of feith and of good doctryne, which thou hast gete.

⁷ But eschewe thou vncouenable fablis, and elde wymmenus fablis; haunte thi silf to pitee.

⁸ For bodili exercitation is profitable to litle thing; but pitee is profitable to alle thingis, that hath a biheest of lijf that now is, and that is to come.

⁹ A trewe word, and worthi al acceptacioun.

¹⁰ And in this thing we trauelen, and ben cursid, for we hopen in lyuyng God, that is sauyour of alle men, moost of feithful men.

¹¹ Comaunde thou this thing, and teche.

¹² No man dispise thi yongthe, but be thou ensaumple of feithful men in word, in lyuyng, in charite, in feith, in chastite.

¹³ Tyl Y come, take tent to redyng, to exortacioun and teching.

¹⁴ Nyle thou litil charge the grace which is in thee, that is youun to thee bi profecie, with putting on of the hondis of preesthod.

¹⁵ Thenke thou these thingis, in these be thou, that thi profiting be schewid to alle men.

¹⁶ Take tent to thi silf and to doctryn; be bisi in hem. For thou doynge these thingis, schalt `make bothe thi silf saaf, and hem that heren thee.