1 Timothy 4 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; "

" Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having ➔ their conscience seared with a hot iron; "

" Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. "

" For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: "

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

" 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, whereunto thou hast attained. "

" But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. "

" For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. "

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

" For therefore we ➔ both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. "

" These things command and teach. "

" Let ➔ no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. "

1 Timothy 4:12 encourages young people not to be discouraged by their age but to lead by example. It advises them to demonstrate their faith …

" Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. "

" Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. "

" Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. "

" Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt ➔ both save thyself, and them that hear thee. "