A Warning against Apostasy
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, 2Ti 3:1-92Pe 2:12Co 11:13-15Jud 1:182Th 2:3-122Pe 3:3Jud 1:42Co 11:3 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. Eph 4:19Rom 16:18Act 20:302Pe 2:1-32Ti 3:5Mat 24:24Mat 7:15Rev 16:14
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 1Ti 4:4Heb 13:4Rom 14:61Co 10:30-311Co 8:8Col 2:16Gen 9:31Co 7:28 For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, Rom 14:201Co 10:25Rom 14:141Co 10:23Act 21:25Act 11:7-91Ti 4:3Act 15:20-21 because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 1Ti 4:3Luk 4:41Co 7:14Tit 1:15Luk 11:41Gen 1:25Gen 1:31
A Good Servant of Jesus Christ
By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed. Tit 2:7-10Col 3:162Pe 3:1-22Ti 3:14-17Col 4:7Mat 13:52Tit 2:11Co 4:1-2
But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness. 2Ti 2:16Tit 2:121Ti 1:42Pe 1:5-8Tit 3:9Heb 5:141Ti 6:112Ti 2:23 For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come. Mat 6:331Ti 6:6Psa 37:3-4Pro 19:23Pro 22:4Col 2:21-23Psa 37:11Job 5:19-26 This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance. 1Ti 1:15
To this end we labor and strive, 1 because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe. 1Ti 2:41Jn 2:2Jhn 1:291Jn 4:141Ti 2:6Jhn 3:15-17Jhn 4:42Rom 15:12-13 Command and teach these things. 1Ti 6:22Ti 4:21Ti 5:7Tit 2:15Tit 3:8
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Tit 2:72Ti 2:222Ti 2:151Pe 5:32Pe 1:5-81Co 11:11Th 1:62Ti 2:7 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. Act 6:42Ti 4:2Tit 2:151Ti 4:16Act 17:112Ti 2:15-171Ti 4:6Jhn 5:39
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders. 2Ti 1:61Pe 4:9-111Ti 1:18Act 6:61Ti 5:221Th 5:19Act 13:3Act 8:17 Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. Mat 5:16Psa 143:5Php 2:15-16Psa 104:34Act 6:4Psa 119:481Ti 4:6Jos 1:8 Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you. Tit 1:9Tit 2:72Jn 1:8-91Co 3:10-11Ezk 33:7-9Act 20:26-28Isa 55:111Ch 28:10