<vn='1'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s><sn="3004">speaketh</s><sn="4490">expressly</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="5306">latter</s><sn="2540">times</s><sn="5100">some</s> shall <sn="868">depart</s> from <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, giving <sn="4337">heed</s> to <sn="4108">seducing</s><sn="4151">spirits</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1319">doctrines</s> of <sn="1140">devils</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>Speaking <sn="5573">lies</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5272">hypocrisy</s>; having <sn="2398">their</s><sn="4893">conscience</s> seared with a hot <sn="2743">iron</s>; </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2967">Forbidding</s> to <sn="1060">marry</s>, and commanding to <sn="567">abstain</s> from <sn="1033">meats</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="2936">created</s> to be <sn="1519 3336">received</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="2169">thanksgiving</s> of them which <sn="4103">believe</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1921">know</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="2938">creature</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="2570">good</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3762">nothing</s> to be <sn="579">refused</s>, if it be <sn="2983">received</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="2169">thanksgiving</s>: </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1063">For</s> it is <sn="37">sanctified</s><sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1783">prayer</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>If thou put the brethren in <sn="5294 3588 80">remembrance</s> of these <sn="5023">things</s>, thou shalt <sn="2071">be</s> a <sn="2570">good</s><sn="1249">minister</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, nourished <sn="1789">up</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">words</s> of <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="2570">good</s><sn="1319">doctrine</s>, <sn="3739">whereunto</s> thou hast <sn="3877">attained</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3868">refuse</s><sn="952">profane</s><sn="2532">and</s> old <sn="1126">wives</s> ' <sn="3454">fables</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="1128">exercise</s><sn="4572">thyself</s> rather <sn="4314">unto</s><sn="2150">godliness</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="4984">bodily</s><sn="1129">exercise</s><sn="2076 5624">profiteth</s><sn="*3641">little</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2150">godliness</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="5624">profitable</s><sn="4314">unto</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>, <sn="2192">having</s><sn="1860">promise</s> of the <sn="2222">life</s> that now <sn="3568">is</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of that which is to <sn="3195">come</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>This is a <sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="3056">saying</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="514">worthy</s> of <sn="3956">all</s><sn="594">acceptation</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1519 5124">therefore</s> we <sn="2532">both</s><sn="2872">labor</s><sn="2532">and</s> suffer <sn="3679">reproach</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> we <sn="1679">trust</s><sn="1909">in</s> the <sn="2198">living</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="3739">who</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="4990">Savior</s> of <sn="3956">all</s><sn="444">men</s>, <sn="3122">especially</s> of those that <sn="4103">believe</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Let no <sn="3367">man</s><sn="2706">despise</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="3503">youth</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="1096">be</s> thou an <sn="5179">example</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4103">believers</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="391">conversation</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="26">charity</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="4151">spirit</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="47">purity</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2193">Till</s> I <sn="2064">come</s>, give <sn="4337">attendance</s> to <sn="320">reading</s>, to <sn="3874">exhortation</s>, to <sn="1319">doctrine</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="272">Neglect</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5486">gift</s> that is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> was <sn="1325">given</s><sn="4671">thee</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="4394">prophecy</s>, <sn="3326">with</s> the laying <sn="1936">on</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5495">hands</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4244">presbytery</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Meditate <sn="3191">upon</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>; give thyself <sn="2468">wholly</s><sn="1722">to</s><sn="5125">them</s>; <sn="2443">that</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4297">profiting</s> may <sn="5600 5318">appear</s><sn="1722">to</s><sn="3956">all</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Take <sn="1907">heed</s> unto <sn="4572">thyself</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1319">doctrine</s>; <sn="1961">continue</s> in <sn="846">them</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> in <sn="4160">doing</s><sn="5124">this</s> thou shalt <sn="2532">both</s><sn="4982">save</s><sn="4572">thyself</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> them that <sn="191">hear</s><sn="4675">thee</s>. </v>