{"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/ylt/1-timothy/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:20:32.289Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"1 Timothy","bookSlug":"1-timothy","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"forbidding to marry — to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"because every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"for it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"stedfast is the word, and of all acceptation worthy;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"for for this we both labour and are reproached, because we hope on the living God, who is Saviour of all men — especially of those believing."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Charge these things, and teach;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"till I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"take heed to thyself, and to the teaching; remain in them, for this thing doing, both thyself thou shalt save, and those hearing thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 4 (YLT)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 4](https://primebible.com/ylt/1-timothy/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/1-timothy/4 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}