1 Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, 2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. 3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
1 Timothy 4:1–3
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2 Timothy 3:4–6
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1 Timothy 5:14–16
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2 Timothy 2:17–19
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2 Timothy 3:12–14
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2 Timothy 4:3–5
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Titus 1:13–15
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith 14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth. 15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving,…
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1 Timothy 6:4–6
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