{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/1-timothy/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:31:50.241Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"1 Timothy","bookSlug":"1-timothy","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed until now :"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"but refuse profane and old wives fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"These things command and teach."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 4 (ASV)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 4](https://primebible.com/asv/1-timothy/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/1-timothy/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}