4:1 Spiritus autem manifeste dicit, quia in novissimis temporibus discedent quidam a fide, attendentes spiritibus erroris, et doctrinis dæmoniorum,

4:1 Now the Spirit manifestly saith that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error and doctrines of devils,

4:2 in hypocrisi loquentium mendacium, et cauteriatam habentium suam conscientiam,

4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy and having their conscience seared,

4:3 prohibentium nubere, abstinere a cibis, quod Deus creavit ad percipiendum cum gratiarum actione fidelibus, et iis qui cognoverunt veritatem.

4:3 Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and by them that have known the truth.

4:4 Quia omnis creatura Dei bona est, et nihil rejiciendum quod cum gratiarum actione percipitur :

4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:

4:5 sanctificatur enim per verbum Dei, et orationem.

4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

4:6 Hæc proponens fratribus, bonus eris minister Christi Jesu enutritus verbis fidei, et bonæ doctrinæ, quam assecutus es.

4:6 These things proposing to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which thou hast attained unto.

4:7 Ineptas autem, et aniles fabulas devita : exerce autem teipsum ad pietatem.

4:7 But avoid foolish and old wives fables: and exercise thyself unto godliness.

4:8 Nam corporalis exercitatio, ad modicum utilis est : pietas autem ad omnia utilis est, promissionem habens vitæ, quæ nunc est, et futuræ.

4:8 For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

4:9 Fidelis sermo, et omni acceptione dignus.

4:9 A faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

4:10 In hoc enim laboramus, et maledicimur, quia speramus in Deum vivum, qui est Salvator omnium hominum, maxime fidelium.

4:10 For therefore we labour and are reviled, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.

4:11 Præcipe hæc, et doce.

4:11 These things command and teach:

4:12 Nemo adolescentiam tuam contemnat : sed exemplum esto fidelium in verbo, in conversatione, in caritate, in fide, in castitate.

4:12 Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an example of the faithful, in word, in conversation, in charity, in faith, in chastity.

4:13 Dum venio, attende lectioni, exhortationi, et doctrinæ.

4:13 Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation and to doctrine.

4:14 Noli negligere gratiam, quæ in te est, quæ data est tibi per prophetiam, cum impositione manuum presbyterii.

4:14 Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.

4:15 Hæc meditare, in his esto : ut profectus tuus manifestus sit omnibus.

4:15 Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all.

4:16 Attende tibi, et doctrinæ : insta in illis. Hoc enim faciens, et teipsum salvum facies, et eos qui te audiunt.

4:16 Take heed to thyself and to doctrine: be earnest in them. For in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.