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But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons
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speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,
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forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
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For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;
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for it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing [him].
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Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.
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But profane and old wives' fables avoid, but exercise thyself unto piety;
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for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.
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The word [is] faithful and worthy of all acceptation;