1 Timothy

1 Timothy 4 ©

1 Paul foretelleth and describeth a great apostasy to happen in the latter times. 6 He directeth Timothy what doctrines to teach, 12 and by what rules to regulate his conduct, so as to save both himself and his hearers.

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NOW the Spirit aspeaketh expressly, that in the latter times bsome shall depart from the faith, giving heed to cseducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

a 2Ti. 3.1-5. 2Pe. 3.3. 1Jn. 2.18. Da. 7.24; 11.35-39.
b Mat. 24.5-12. Re. 13.3,8. Jude 3,4,18. 2Th. 2.3,4,7,9-11. Re. 9.2,11; 13.5,6,13,14; 16.14; 17.5; 18.2.
c 1Jn. 4.6.
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dSpeaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience e*seared with a hot iron;

d 2Pe. 2.1,15,18,19; 3.2,3,17. Mat. 7.15.
e Ep. 4.19. Ro. 1.28.
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fForbidding to marry, gand commanding to abstain from *meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

f He. 13.4. 1Co. 7.28,39.
g Ge. 1.29,30; 9.3. 1Co. 10.30. Ro. 14.6.
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hFor every *creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

h Ge. 1.31. Ro. 14.14,20. 1Co. 10.25. Tit. 1.15. Ac. 10.15.
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iFor it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

i ch. 6.17. 1Co. 7.14. Ge. 1.29; 9.3. Ac. 10.15. Mat. 4.4.
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If jthou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, kthou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of lgood doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

j Ro. 15.15. 2Ti. 1.6; 2.15. 2Pe. 1.12,13,15; 3.1. Jude 5.
k 2Ti. 2.15; 3.10,14-17; 1.13. Col. 3.16. Je. 15.16. 1Pe. 2.2. Ps. 119.11,18,97-100; 1.2. 1Co. 1.5.
l v.13.
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mBut refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

m ch. 1.4; 6.20. 2Ti. 2.16,23; 4.4. Tit. 1.14; 3.9. 1Co. 9.24. Ac. 24.16. Tit. 2.11-13; 3.8,14.
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For bodily exercise profiteth n1little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, ohaving promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

n Mat. 15.8. He. 13.9. Col. 2.23. Is. 1.11-15. Je. 6.20. Am. 5.21,22. 1Co. 8.8. Mat. 6.6,7; 7.22,23.
o De. 28.3-12; 30.9. Ps. 1.3; 37.4,29; 84.11; 91.10; 97.11; 112.2,3; 119.16; 128.1; 145.19. Pr. 3.16; 8.35; 9.11. Ec. 8.12. Is. 3.10; 32.17. Mat. 6.16,33; 19.29. Ro. 8.28; 14.17. 1Co. 3.22. ch. 6.6. Re. 3.12,21.
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pThis is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

p ch. 1.15; 3.1. 2Ti. 2.11. Pr. 22.20.
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qFor therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we rtrust in the living God, who is the sSaviour of all men, tspecially of those that believe.

q 1Co. 4.9-13; 9.26. 2Co. 4.8-10; 6.1-10. 2Ti. 3.10,11. 1Jn. 4.14.
r Ga. 2.16. Ac. 15.11. Pr. 3.5,6. Ps. 37.3-7. ch. 6.17.
s Ps. 36.6; 107.13-20. Ac. 14.17; 17.25,28.
t Is. 45.17,22. 2Co. 5.21.
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uThese things command and teach.

u ch. 6.14. 2Ti. 4.2. Tit. 2.15; 3.8.
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vLet no man despise thy youth; but be thou an wexample of the believers, in word, in x*conversation, in *charity, in spirit, in faith, in ypurity.

v 1Co. 16.10,11. Tit. 2.7,15.
w Tit. 2.7. 1Pe. 5.2. 1Co. 11.1. 2Co. 6.4-7. 1Th. 1.6; 2.10. 2Th. 3.7,9.
x Ga. 1.13.
y ch. 5.2.
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zTill I come, give attendance to reading, to aexhortation, to bdoctrine.

a Ac. 13.15.
b ch. 5.17.
z ch. 3.14. v.6,15,16. Jn. 5.39. 2Ti. 2.15; 3.15-17; 4.2.
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cNeglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of dthe presbytery.

c 2Ti. 1.6. ch. 1.18; 5.22. Ac. 6.6; 14.23; 13.3; 8.17; 19.6.
d Ac. 20.17. ch. 5.17.
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eMeditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; fthat thy profiting may appear 2to all.

e v.13. Ps. 1.2; 105.5; 119.97-99. Ac. 6.4.
f Mat. 5.16. Phi. 2.15,16. v.11,12.
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gTake heed unto thyself, and unto the hdoctrine; continue in them: for in doing this ithou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

g Ac. 20.28. 2Ti. 4.2. Tit. 2.7,15. 1Pe. 5.2,3.
h ch. 5.17.
i Eze. 33.9; 3.19,21. Da. 12.3. 1Co. 9.22,27. Ro. 10.10-17; 11.14. Ja. 5.20. 1Th. 2.19,20.