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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 4
Paul describes the latter-day apostasy—Christ is the Savior of all
men, specially of those that believe.
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1 NOW the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the alatter times some shall
bdepart from the faith, giving heed to
cseducing spirits, and ddoctrines of
devils;
2 Speaking alies in
bhypocrisy; having their cconscience
seared with a hot iron;
3 aForbidding to
bmarry, and commanding to
cabstain from
dmeatsa, which God
hath ecreated to be received with
fthanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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3a Forbidding to marry, and
commanding to
abstain from meats A sure sign of apostasy is to forbid persons
from marriage. This is very evident in the doctine that priests, monks and
nuns are not to marry. It goes against the very ideal and purpose of man as
stated to Adam and Eve to multiply and fill the earth with posterity. The
very order of heaven and of being as God is, is to be in the married state of
a man and a woman. Likewise, those who make it a matter of 'religion' to
abstain from meats fails to recognize that God placed them here on earth for
the use of man and that they are to be received as such from God with
thanksgiving to him for them being so provided. This is not to mean that men
ought not to be wise and conservant in this use and management.
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4 For every acreature of God
is bgood, and nothing to be refused, if it be
received with cthanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
6 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, awhereunto thou
hast attained.
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7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth
alittle: but bgodliness is profitable
unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is
to come.
9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
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10 For therefore we both
alabour and suffer breproach, because we
ctrust in the living God, who is the
dSaviour of all men, specially of those that
ebelieve.
11 These things command and teach.
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12 Let no man adespise thy
youth; but be thou an bexample of the believers, in word,
in cconversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in
dpurity.
13 Till I come, give attendance to
areading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 aNeglect not the
bgift that is in thee, which was given thee by
cprophecy, with the dlaying on of the
ehands of the fpresbytery.
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15 aMeditate upon these
things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy bprofiting
may cappear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the
doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both
asave thyself, and them that hear thee.
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