| 4:1 | 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; |
| 4:2 | Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; |
| 4:3 | 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. |
| 4:3 | 他們禁止嫁娶、又禁戒食物〔或作又叫人戒葷〕、就是 神所造叫那信而明白真道的人、感謝著領受的。 |
| 4:3 | 他们禁止嫁娶，又禁戒食物（或作又叫人戒荤），就是神所造叫那信而明白真道的人，感谢着领受的。 |
| 1co:8:8 | But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. |
| col:2:16 | Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: |
| gen:1:29 | And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. |
| gen:9:3 | Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. |
| rom:14:6 | He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. |
| 1co:10:30 | For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? |
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| 4:4 | For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: |
| 4:5 | For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. |
| 4:6 | 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, whereunto thou hast attained. |
| 4:7 | But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. |
| 4:8 | 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. |
| 4:9 | This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. |
| 4:10 | 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. |
| 4:11 | These things command and teach. |
| 4:12 | 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. |
| 4:13 | Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. |
| 4:14 | Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. |
| 4:15 | Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. |
| 4:16 | 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. |
