The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy

 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the ^alatter times some shall ^bdepart from the faith, giving heed to ^cseducing spirits, and ^ddoctrines of devils;

 2 Speaking ^alies in ^bhypocrisy; having their ^cconscience seared with a hot iron;

 3 ^aForbidding to ^bmarry, and commanding to ^cabstain from ^dmeats, which God hath ^ecreated to be received with ^fthanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

 4 For every ^acreature of God is ^bgood, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with ^cthanksgiving:

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

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

 7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

 8 For bodily exercise profiteth ^alittle: but ^bgodliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

 9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

 10 For therefore we both ^alabour and suffer ^breproach, because we ^ctrust in the living God, who is the ^dSaviour of all men, specially of those that ^ebelieve.

 11 These things command and teach.

 12 Let no man ^adespise thy youth; but be thou an ^bexample of the believers, in word, in ^cconversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in ^dpurity.

 13 Till I come, give attendance to ^areading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

 14 ^aNeglect not the ^bgift that is in thee, which was given thee by ^cprophecy, with the ^dlaying on of the ^ehands of the ^fpresbytery.

 15 ^aMeditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy ^bprofiting may ^cappear to all.

 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both ^asave thyself, and them that hear thee.