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1 Timothy 4

Common English Bible CEB

1 The Spirit clearly says that in latter times some people will turn away from the faith. They will pay attention to spirits that deceive and to the teaching of demons.

2 They will be controlled by the pretense of lying, and their own consciences will be seared.

3 They will prohibit marriage and eating foods that God created—and he intended them to be accepted with thanksgiving by those who are faithful and have come to know the truth.

4 Everything that has been created by God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected.

5 These things are made holy by God's word and prayer.

6 If you point these things out to the believers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus who has been trained by the words of faith and the good teaching that you've carefully followed.

7 But stay away from the godless myths that are passed down from the older women. Train yourself for a holy life!

8 While physical training has some value, training in holy living is useful for everything. It has promise for this life now and the life to come.

9 This saying is reliable and deserves complete acceptance.

10 We work and struggle for this: "Our hope is set on the living God, who is the savior of all people, especially those who believe."

11 Command these things. Teach them.

12 Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young. Instead, set an example for the believers through your speech, behavior, love, faith, and by being sexually pure.

13 Until I arrive, pay attention to public reading, preaching, and teaching.

14 Don't neglect the spiritual gift in you that was given through prophecy when the elders laid hands on you.

15 Practice these things, and live by them so that your progress will be visible to all.

16 Focus on working on your own development and on what you teach. If you do this, you will save yourself and those who hear you.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,

3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

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

6 If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

7 Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;

8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

9 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.

10 For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

11 Command and teach these things.

12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

14 Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.

16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.