| 1 | But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, | Jn 16:13 Ac 13:2 Ac 28:25 1Co 12:11 1Jn 2:18 Rev 2:7 Rev 2:11 Rev 2:17 Rev 2:29 Rev 3:6 Rev 3:13 Rev 3:22 |
| 2 | through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; | 1Ki 13:18 1Ki 22:22 Isa 9:15 Jer 5:21 Jer 23:14 Jer 23:32 Dn 8:23-25 Mt 7:15 Mt 24:24 Ac 20:30 Ro 16:18 Eph 4:14 2Ti 3:5 2Pe 2:1-3 Rev 16:14 |
| 3 | forbidding marriage and commanding to abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. | Dn 11:37 1Co 7:28 1Co 7:36-39 Heb 13:4 |
| 4 | For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving. | Gn 1:31 Dt 32:4 |
| 5 | For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer. | 1Ti 4:3 Lk 11:41 1Co 7:14 Tit 1:15 |
| 6 | If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed. | Ac 20:31 Ac 20:35 Ro 15:15 1Co 4:17 2Ti 1:6 2Ti 2:14 2Pe 1:12-15 2Pe 3:1 2Pe 3:2 Jud 1:5 |
| 7 | But refuse profane and old wives` fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. | 1Ti 1:4 1Ti 6:20 2Ti 2:16 2Ti 2:23 2Ti 4:4 Tit 1:14 Tit 3:9 |
| 8 | For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value for all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come. | 1Sa 15:22 Ps 50:7-15 Isa 1:11-16 Isa 58:3-5 Jer 6:20 Am 5:21-24 1Co 8:8 Col 2:21-23 Heb 13:9 |
| 9 | This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance. | 1Ti 1:15 |
| 10 | For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. | 1Co 4:9-13 2Co 4:8-10 2Co 6:3-10 2Co 11:23-27 2Ti 2:9 2Ti 2:10 2Ti 3:10-12 Heb 11:26 Heb 13:13 1Pe 4:14 1Pe 4:15 |
| 11 | Command and teach these things. | 1Ti 6:2 2Ti 4:2 Tit 2:15 Tit 3:8 |
| 12 | Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity. | Mt 18:10 1Co 16:10 1Co 16:11 2Ti 2:7 2Ti 2:15 2Ti 2:22 |
| 13 | Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching. | 1Ti 3:14 1Ti 3:15 |
| 14 | Don`t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders. | Mt 25:14-30 Lk 19:12-26 Ro 12:6-8 1Th 5:19 2Ti 1:6 1Pe 4:9-11 |
| 15 | Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all. | Jsh 1:8 Ps 1:2 Ps 19:14 Ps 49:3 Ps 63:6 Ps 77:12 Ps 104:34 Ps 105:5 Ps 119:15 Ps 119:23 Ps 119:48 Ps 119:97 Ps 119:99 Ps 119:148 Ps 143:5 |
| 16 | Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. | 1Ch 28:10 2Ch 19:6 Mk 13:9 Lk 21:34 Ac 20:28 1Co 3:10 1Co 3:11 Col 4:17 2Ti 4:2 Tit 2:7 Tit 2:15 Heb 12:15 2Jn 1:8 |
