1 Now the Spirit expressly saith, that in latter times
some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to seducing
spirits,
2 and doctrines of demons founded in the
note hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience,
forbidding to marry,
3 and enjoining note abstinence
from meats, which God hath created to be received
with thanksgiving by those that believe and note know
the truth.
4 For every creature of God is good, and
nothing to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 for it is sanctified by the word of God and by
prayer.
6 If thou lay these things before the brethren, thou
wilt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, as one brought
up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to
which thou hast attained.
7 But profane and note groundless
fables reject, and exercise thyself unto godliness.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little, but piety is profitable
unto all things, having the promise of the life that now
is, and of that which is to come:
9 this is a note certain truth
and worthy of all acceptance.
10 For to this end we both
labour and suffer reproach, because we have hope in
the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially
of the faithful.
11 These things declare and teach.
12 Let no one have cause to despise thy youth; but he
thou an example to note believers in word, in conversation,
in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Till I come
attend to reading, to exhortation, and teaching.
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 on these things, be wholly in
them, that thy proficiency may be manifest in all.
16 Take heed to thyself, and to thy doctrine; continue in
them: for in doing this, thou wilt both save thyself and
those that hear thee.
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Worsley [1770], THE NEW TESTAMENT OR NEW COVENANT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated from the Greek ACCORDING TO The Present Idiom of the English Tongue. With NOTES and REFERENCES interspersed, as occasion required, to confirm and illustrate the more literal or various Renderings given at the bottom of each page; by which even they, who do not understand the Original, may often judge for themselves of the justness and propriety of the Translation. By the late Mr. JOHN WORSLEY, of Hertford (Printed by R. Hett, LONDON) [word count] [B18100].
