1 Timothy 4

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 The Spirit has explicitly said that during the last times some wil desert the faith and pay attention todeceitful spirits and doctrines that come from devils,	1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will turn away from the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and demonic instructions
2 seduced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are branded as though with a red-hot iron:	2 through the hypocrisy of liars with branded consciences.
3 they forbid marriage and prohibit foods which God created to be accepted with thanksgiving by all whobelieve and who know the truth.	3 They forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
4 Everything God has created is good, and no food is to be rejected, provided it is received withthanksgiving:	4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected when received with thanksgiving,
5 the word of God and prayer make it holy.	5 for it is made holy by the invocation of God in prayer.
6 If you put al this to the brothers, you wil be a good servant of Christ Jesus and show that you havereal y digested the teaching of the faith and the good doctrine which you have always fol owed.	6 If you will give these instructions to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching you have followed.
7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales. Train yourself for religion.	7 Avoid profane and silly myths. Train yourself for devotion,
8 Physical exercise is useful enough, but the usefulness of religion is unlimited, since it holds out promiseboth for life here and now and for the life to come;	8 for, while physical training is of limited value, devotion is valuable in every respect, since it holds a promise of life both for the present and for the future.
9 that is a saying that you can rely on and nobody should doubt it.	9 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance.
10 I mean that the point of al our toiling and battling is that we have put our trust in the living God and heis the Saviour of the whole human race but particularly of al believers.	10 For this we toil and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the savior of all, especially of those who believe.
11 This is what you are to instruct and teach.	11 Command and teach these things.
12 Let no one disregard you because you are young, but be an example to al the believers in the way youspeak and behave, and in your love, your faith and your purity.	12 Let no one have contempt for your youth, but set an example for those who believe, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.
13 Until I arrive, devote yourself to reading to the people, encouraging and teaching.	13 Until I arrive, attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching.
14 You have in you a spiritual gift which was given to you when the prophets spoke and the body of elderslaid their hands on you; do not neglect it.	14 Do not neglect the gift you have, which was conferred on you through the prophetic word with the imposition of hands of the presbyterate.
15 Let this be your care and your occupation, and everyone wil be able to see your progress.	15 Be diligent in these matters, be absorbed in them, so that your progress may be evident to everyone.
16 Be conscientious about what you do and what you teach; persevere in this, and in this way you wilsave both yourself and those who listen to you.	16 Attend to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in both tasks, for by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.