4:1 But the Spirit expressly says, Some will be withdrawing from the faith in later times, taking-heed to misleading spirits and teachings of demons, 4:2 in the hypocrisy from falsely speaking men, who have their own conscience branded, 4:3 forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from foods, which God created *for reception with thanksgiving to the believing and who have fully known the truth. 4:4 Because every created thing of God is good thing, and nothing is to be cast off if received with thanksgiving, 4:5 for* it is made holy through the word of God and through petition.
4:6 When you are suggesting these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Jesus Christ, being nourished in the words of the faith and of the good teaching of which you have followed closely. 4:7 But renounce the profane and old-wives’ fables and exercise yourself to devoutness; 4:8 for* bodily exercise is profitable *for few things, but devoutness is profitable *for all things, has the promise of life the current one and the future one.
4:9 The word is faithful and worthy of all acceptance. 4:10 For* we are also laboring and are reproached toward this end, because we have hoped upon the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of the believing ones. 4:11 Command and teach these things.
4:12 Let no one despise your youth, but become an example of the believing ones in word, in conduct, in love*, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 4:13 Until I come, take-heed to the public-reading, to the encouragement, to the teaching. 4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift* in you, which was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 4:15 Meditate on and be in these things, in-order-that your progress may be apparent in all things. 4:16 Take-heed to yourself and to the teaching. Abide in them; for* while practicing this, you will be saving both yourself and the ones hearing you.