Chapter 4
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;
the Spirit
John 16:13 Acts 13:2 28:25 1 Corinthians 12:11 1 John 2:18 Revelation 2:7,11,17,29 Revelation 3:6,13,22
expressly
the latter
Numbers 24:14 Deuteronomy 4:30 32:29 Isaiah 2:2 Jeremiah 48:47 49:39 Ezekiel 38:16 Daniel 10:14 Hosea 3:5 Micah 4:1 2 Timothy 3:1-9 1 Peter 1:20 2 Peter 3:3 Jude 1:4,18
depart
Daniel 11:35 Matthew 24:5-12 2 Thessalonians 2:3 2 Timothy 3:1-5 4:4
seducing
Genesis 3:3-5,13 1 Kings 22:22,23 2 Chronicles 18:19-22 2 Corinthians 11:3,13-15 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 2 Timothy 3:13 2 Peter 2:1 Revelation 9:2-11 13:14 16:14 18:2,23 Revelation 19:20 20:2,3,8,10
and doctrines
Daniel 11:35-38 1 Corinthians 8:5,6 10:20 Colossians 2:18 Acts 17:18 Revelation 9:20 *Gr:
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
lies
1 Kings 13:18 22:22 Isaiah 9:15 Jeremiah 5:21 23:14,32 Daniel 8:23-25 Matthew 7:15 Matthew 24:24 Acts 20:30 Romans 16:18 Ephesians 4:14 2 Timothy 3:5 2 Peter 2:1-3 Revelation 16:14
their
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.
Forbidding
Daniel 11:37 1 Corinthians 7:28,36-39 Hebrews 13:4
to abstain
Romans 14:3,17 1 Corinthians 8:8 Colossians 2:20-23 Hebrews 13:9
which
Genesis 1:29,30 9:3 Ecclesiastes 5:18 Acts 10:13-15 1 Corinthians 6:13
with
4 1 Samuel 9:13 Matthew 14:19 15:36 Luke 24:30 John 6:23 Acts 27:35 Romans 14:6 1 Corinthians 10:30,31 Colossians 3:17
believe
2:4 John 8:31,32 2 Thessalonians 2:13,14
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
every
and
Acts 11:7-9 15:20,21,29 21:25 Romans 14:14,20 1 Corinthians 10:23,25
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
it
3 Luke 11:41 1 Corinthians 7:14 Titus 1:15
the
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.
thou put
Acts 20:31,35 Romans 15:15 1 Corinthians 4:17 2 Timothy 1:6 2:14 2 Peter 1:12-15 3:1,2 Jude 1:5
a good
Matthew 13:52 1 Corinthians 4:1,2 2 Corinthians 3:6 6:4 Ephesians 6:21 Colossians 4:7 1 Thessalonians 3:2 2 Timothy 2:15
nourished
Jeremiah 15:16 Ephesians 4:15,16 Colossians 2:19 3:16 2 Timothy 3:14-17 1 Peter 2:2
good doctrine
1:10 4:16 6:3 Psalms 19:7 *marg:; Proverbs 4:2 John 7:16,17 2 Timothy 4:3 Titus 2:1,7-10 2 John 1:9
thou hast
Philippians 3:16 2 Timothy 3:14
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
refuse
1:4 6:20 2 Timothy 2:16,23 4:4 Titus 1:14 3:9
exercise
1:4 2:10 3:16 6:11 Acts 24:16 2 Timothy 3:12 Titus 2:12 Hebrews 5:14 2 Peter 1:5-8
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.
bodily
1 Samuel 15:22 Psalms 50:7-15 Isaiah 1:11-16 58:3-5 Jeremiah 6:20 Amos 5:21-24 1 Corinthians 8:8 Colossians 2:21-23 Hebrews 13:9
little
or, for a little time.
godliness
having
Deuteronomy 28:1-14 Job 5:19-26 Psalms 37:3,4,16-19,29 84:11 91:10-16 Psalms 112:1-3 128:1-6 145:19 Proverbs 3:16-18 Ecclesiastes 8:12 Isaiah 3:10 32:17,18 Isaiah 33:16 65:13,14 Matthew 5:3-12 6:33 19:29 Mark 10:19,20 Luke 12:31 Luke 12:32 Romans 8:28 1 Corinthians 3:22 2 Peter 1:3,4 1 John 2:25 Revelation 3:12,21
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.
therefore
1 Corinthians 4:9-13 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 6:3-10 11:23-27 2 Timothy 2:9,10 3:10-12 Hebrews 11:26 13:13 1 Peter 4:14,15
because
6:17 Psalms 37:40 52:8 84:12 118:8 Isaiah 12:2 50:10 Jeremiah 17:7 Daniel 3:28 Nahum 1:7 Matthew 27:43 Romans 15:12,13 1 Peter 1:21
the living
the saviour
2:4,6 Psalms 36:6 107:2,6-43 Isaiah 45:21,22 John 1:29 3:15-17 1 John 2:2 4:14
specially
These things command and teach.
6:2 2 Timothy 4:2 Titus 2:15 3:8
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.
no
Matthew 18:10 1 Corinthians 16:10,11 2 Timothy 2:7,15,22
be thou
1 Corinthians 11:1 1 Thessalonians 1:6 2:10 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9 Titus 2:7 1 Peter 5:3
in word
2 Corinthians 6:4-17 Philippians 4:8 2 Timothy 2:22 James 3:13,17 2 Peter 1:5-8
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
I come
to reading
Deuteronomy 17:19 Joshua 1:8 Psalms 1:2,3 119:97-104 Proverbs 2:4,5 Matthew 13:51,52 John 5:39 Acts 6:4 17:11 2 Timothy 2:15-17
to exhortation
Romans 12:8 1 Corinthians 14:3 Titus 2:15
to doctrine
6,16 1 Corinthians 14:6,26 2 Timothy 4:2
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Neglect
Matthew 25:14-30 Luke 19:12-26 Romans 12:6-8 1 Thessalonians 5:19 2 Timothy 1:6 1 Peter 4:9-11
which
with
5:22 Acts 6:6 8:17 13:3 19:6 2 Timothy 1:6
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Meditate
Joshua 1:8 Psalms 1:2 19:14 49:3 63:6 77:12 104:34 105:5 119:15,23,48 Psalms 119:97,99,148 143:5
give
Acts 6:4 1 Corinthians 16:15 2 Corinthians 4:14 8:5 Titus 2:14
that
6 Matthew 5:16 Philippians 2:15,16
to all
or, in all things.
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.
Take
1 Chronicles 28:10 2 Chronicles 19:6 Mark 13:9 Luke 21:34 Acts 20:28 1 Corinthians 3:10,11 Colossians 4:17 2 Timothy 4:2 Titus 2:7,15 Hebrews 12:15 2 John 1:8
unto the
6 1:3 Romans 16:17 Ephesians 4:14 Titus 2:7 Hebrews 13:9 2 John 1:9
continue
Acts 6:4 26:22 Romans 2:7 2 Timothy 3:14 Titus 1:9
thou shalt
Ezekiel 3:19-21 33:7-9 Acts 20:26,27 1 Corinthians 9:27
them
Isaiah 55:11 Jeremiah 23:22 Romans 10:10-14 11:14 1 Corinthians 9:22 1 Thessalonians 2:16,19,20 2 Timothy 2:10 Philemon 1:19 James 5:20