Dual Panel1Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
2by the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience,
3who forbid marrying [and insist on] abstaining from foods that God created for sharing in with thankfulness by those who believe and who know the truth,
4because everything created by God [is] good and nothing [is to be] rejected [if it is] received with thankfulness,
5for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.
6[By] teaching these [things] to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully.
7But reject those _worthless myths told by elderly women_ , and train yourself for godliness.
8For the training of the body is _somewhat_ profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, [because it] holds promise for the present life and for the [life] to come.
9The statement [is] trustworthy and deserving of complete acceptance.
10For to this [end] we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in [the] living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.
11Command these [things] and teach [them].
12Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
13Until I come, pay attention to the [public] reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
14Do not neglect the gift [that is] in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.
15Practice these [things]. Be [diligent] in these [things], in order that your progress may be evident to everyone.
16Fix [your] attention on yourself and on your teaching. Continue in them, for [by] doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.