Thematic Bible

1 Timothy 4:1

The Spirit explicitly says that some will fall away from the faith (truth) in later times. Spirits and doctrines of demons will seduce them,

1 Timothy 4:2

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron.

1 Timothy 4:3

They will forbid marrying, [and command] to abstain from food, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 4:4

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 4:5

This is because it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

1 Timothy 4:6

If you tell the brothers about these things, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed until now.

1 Timothy 4:7

Refuse false stories and old wives' fables. Train yourself with godliness in mind.

1 Timothy 4:8

Bodily exercise is profitable for a little. However, godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of the life that is to come.

1 Timothy 4:9

Faithful and worthy of full acceptance is the statement.

1 Timothy 4:10

This is why we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

1 Timothy 4:11

Command and teach these things.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no man look down on your youth. Be an example to the believers in speech and conduct, in love, in faith and chasteness.

1 Timothy 4:13

Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the spiritual gift in you. It was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

1 Timothy 4:15

Be diligent and think about these things. Give yourself wholly to them. That way your progress may be apparent to all.

1 Timothy 4:16

Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things. When you do this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.