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;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing. 2:15
Trivia: Who did Paul deliver to Satan to teach them not to blaspheme?
4:1-6
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;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
When the end is near, some will reject the faith,
and believe in seducing spirits and the doctrine of devils.
3Forbidding 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.
They will forbid marriage and become vegetarians. [1]
4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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.
But every creature that God created is good,
and we should eat them all.
4:7-16
7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
But don't believe old wives' tales. [2]
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.
9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
Bodily exercise isn't important.
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.
God is the savior of all men, especially believers. [3]
11These things command and teach.
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.
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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.
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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.
Command and teach these things.
Good idea. But what about old husbands' fables? Old Bible fables?
"The living God" is the saviour of "all men" - especially (but not exclusively) of those that believe.
So even nonbelievers will be saved?
Command and teach these things.
Good idea. But what about old husbands' fables? Old Bible fables?
"The living God" is the saviour of "all men" - especially (but not exclusively) of those that believe.
So even nonbelievers will be saved?
Every Jot and Tittle: All the commandments in the Bible
