{"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/drb/1-timothy/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:10:21.509Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"1 Timothy","bookSlug":"1-timothy","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now the Spirit manifestly saith, that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error, and doctrines of devils, "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Speaking lies in hypocrisy, and having their conscience seared, "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and by them that have known the truth. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving: "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"These things proposing to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words of faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast attained unto. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But avoid foolish and old wives' fables: and exercise thyself unto godliness. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"A faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For therefore we labor and are reviled, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"These things command and teach. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an example of the faithful in word, in conversation, in charity, in faith, in chastity. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Take heed to thyself and to doctrine: be earnest in them. For in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee. "}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 4 (DRB)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 4](https://primebible.com/drb/1-timothy/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/1-timothy/4 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}