¹ Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, listening to spirits of error and doctrines of demons;

² that in hypocrisy shall speak lies; having their conscience seared as with a hot iron;

³ they shall forbid to marry and shall command [men] to abstain from foods, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who are faithful and have known the truth.

⁴ For everything that God created [is] good, and nothing [is] to be refused, if it is received with thanksgiving,

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

⁶ If thou put these things before the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, unto which thou hast attained.

⁷ But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.

⁸ For bodily exercise profits [a] little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

⁹ The Word [is] faithful and worthy of acceptation by all.

¹⁰ For this 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.

¹¹ Command and teach this.

¹² Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the faithful in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

¹³ Until I come, occupy thyself reading, exhorting, teaching.

¹⁴ Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which is given unto thee to prophesy, through the laying on of the hands of the elders.

¹⁵ Occupy thyself in these things [with care], for in this is [everything], that thy profiting may be manifest unto all.

¹⁶ Take heed unto thyself and unto the doctrine; be diligent in this, for in doing so thou shalt both save thyself and those that hear thee.: