1 Timothy 4:1
Timothy’s Ministry in the Later Times
4:1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves 1 with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, 2
1 Timothy 4:3-5
4:3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
4:4 For every creation of God is good and no food
3 is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
4:5 For it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.
1 tn Or “desert the faith by occupying themselves.”
2 tn Grk “teachings of demons” (speaking of the source of these doctrines).
3 tn Grk “nothing.”