{"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/kjv/1-timothy/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T21:22:00.339Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Forbidding to marry, <i>and commanding</i> to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For every creature of God <i>is</i> good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself <i>rather</i> unto godliness."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"This <i>is</i> a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"These things command and teach."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine."},{"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":"Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 4 (KJV)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 4](https://primebible.com/kjv/1-timothy/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/1-timothy/4 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}