1 Timothy 4
4
1The Holy Spirit clearly says that in the last days some people will leave the faith. They will follow spirits that will fool them. They will believe things that demons will teach them. 2Teachings like those come from liars who pretend to be what they are not. Their sense of what is right and wrong has been destroyed. It’s as though it has been burned with a hot iron. 3They do not allow people to get married. They order them not to eat certain foods. But God created those foods. So people who believe and know the truth should receive them and give thanks for them. 4Everything God created is good. You shouldn’t turn anything down. Instead, you should thank God for it. 5The word of God and prayer make it holy.
6Point out these things to the brothers and sisters. Then you will serve Christ Jesus well. You will show that you’ve grown in the truths of the faith. You will show that you’ve been trained by the good teaching you’ve obeyed. 7Don’t have anything to do with godless stories and silly tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly. 8Training the body has some value. But being godly has value in every way. It promises help for the life you are now living and the life to come. 9This is the truth you can trust and accept completely. 10This is why we work and try so hard. It’s because we have put our hope in the living God. He is the Savior of all people. Most of all, he is the Savior of those who believe.
11Command and teach these things. 12Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young. Set an example for the believers in what you say and in how you live. Also set an example in how you love and in what you believe. Show the believers how to be pure. 13Until I come, spend your time reading Scripture out loud to one another. Spend your time preaching and teaching. 14Don’t fail to use the gift the Holy Spirit gave you. He gave it to you through a prophecy from God. It was given when the elders placed their hands on you.
15Keep on doing these things. Give them your complete attention. Then everyone will see how you are coming along. 16Be careful of how you live and what you believe. Never give up. Then you will save yourself and those who hear you.
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1 Timothy 4
4
Advice to a Young Leader
1Now the Ruach clearly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, following deceitful spirits and teachings of demons
2through the hypocrisy of false speakers—whose own conscience has been seared.
3They forbid people to marry; they command people to abstain from foods that God created for the faithful to share with thanksgiving, having come to know the truth.
4For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving;
5for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
6In pointing out these things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Messiah Yeshua, nourished in the words of the faith and the sound teaching that you have been following.
7But avoid godless myths and old wives’ tales; instead, train yourself in godliness.
8For physical exercise has some benefit; but godliness is beneficial for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the one to come.
9Trustworthy is the saying and deserving of complete acceptance
10(for to this end we work hard and strive): “We have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially those who trust.”
11Insist on these things and teach them.
12Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but become an example of the faithful—in speech, in conduct, in love, in faithfulness, and in purity.
13Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to encouragement, and to teaching.
14Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands of the elders.
15Practice these things—be absorbed in them, so that your progress may be clear to all.
16Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things, for in doing so you will save yourself and those who hear you.
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