1 The Spirit expressly states that in theacharit-hayamimsome people will apostatize from the faith by paying attention to deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
2 Such teachings come from the hypocrisy of liars whose own consciences have been burned, as if with a red-hot branding iron.
3 They forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods which God created to be eaten with thanksgiving by those who have come to trust and to know the truth.
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing received with thanksgiving needs to be rejected,
5 because the word of God and prayer make it holy.
6 If you present all this to the brothers, you will be serving the Messiah Yeshua well; it will show that you have digested the words of the faith and of the good teaching which you have followed.
7 But refuse godlessbubbe-meises, and exercise yourself in godliness.
8 For although physical exercise does have some value, godliness is valuable for everything, since it holds promise both for the present life and for the life to come.
9 Here is a statement you can trust, one that fully deserves to be accepted
10 (indeed, it is for this that we toil and strive): we have our hope set on a living God who is the deliverer of all humanity, especially of those who trust.
11 Command these things and teach them.
12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because of your youth; on the contrary, set the believers an example in your speech, behavior, love, trust and purity.
13 Until I come, pay attention to the public reading of the Scriptures.
14 Do not neglect your gift, which you were given through a prophecy when the body of elders gave yous’mikhah.
15 Be diligent about this work, throw yourself into it, so that your progress may be clear to everyone.
16 Pay attention to yourself and to the teaching, continue in it, for by so doing you will deliver both yourself and those who hear you.