¹ Now the Spirit says expressly, that, in the last times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and teachings suggested by demons,

² through the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their conscience,

³ who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe, and know the truth.

⁴ For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving;

⁵ for it is sanctified by the word of God, and by prayer.

⁶ By recommending these things to the attention of the brethren, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished with the words of the faith, and of good teaching, which you have fully known.

⁷ But reject those profane and old-womanish fables, and exercise yourself for godliness.

⁸ For the exercise of the body is profitable for little; but godliness is profitable for all things, and has the promise of the life that now is, and also of that which is to come.

⁹ This is a true saying, and worthy of all acceptation:

¹⁰ for to this end we both labor, and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

¹¹ These things command and teach.

¹² Let no one despise your youth; but be an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in spirit, in faithfulness, in purity.

¹³ Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

¹⁴ Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you according to prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

¹⁵ Meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them, that your advancement may be manifest in all things.

¹⁶ Take heed to yourself, and to your teaching; continue in them; for by doing this, you will save both yourself, and those who hear you.