Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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1 But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times
there will be some who will fall away from the
Faith, and devote their attention to misleading
spirits,
2 and to the teaching of demons, who
will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These
men's consciences are seared,
3 and they discourage marriage
and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God
created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold
the Faith and have attained a full knowledge of the Truth.
4 Everything created by God is good, and there is nothing
that need be rejected—provided only that it is received
thankfully;
5 for it is consecrated by God's blessing and by
prayer.
6 Put all this before the Brethren, and you will be a good
servant of Christ Jesus, sustained by the precepts of the Faith
and of that Good Teaching by which you have guided your
life.
7 As for profane legends and old wives' tales, leave them
alone.
8 Train yourself to lead a religious life; for while the
training of the body is of service in some respects, religion is
of service in all, carrying with it, as it does, a promise of Life
both here and hereafter.
9 How true that saying is and worthy of
the fullest acceptance!
10 With that aim we toil and struggle,
for we have set our hopes on the Living God, who is the
Saviour of all men, and especially of those who hold the Faith.
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12 Dwell upon these things in your teaching. Do
not let any one look down on you because you
are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct,
your love, your faith, and your purity, be
an example to those who hold the Faith.
13 Till I come, apply
yourself to public reading, preaching, and teaching.
14 Do not
neglect the divine gift within you, which was given you, amid
many a prediction, when the hands of the Officers of the
Church were laid on your head.
15 Practise these things, devote
yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to every
one.
16 Look to yourself as well as to your teaching. Persevere
in this, for your doing so will mean Salvation for yourself as
well as for your hearers.
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Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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