4:1  Spiritus autem manifeste dicit          1.  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,
quia in novissimis temporibus discedent      that in the latter times some shall
quidam a fide adtendentes spiritibus         depart from the faith, giving heed to
erroris et doctrinis daemoniorum             seducing spirits, and doctrines of
                                             devils;

4:2  in hypocrisi loquentium mendacium       2.  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having
et cauteriatam habentium suam                their conscience seared with a hot iron;
conscientiam

4:3  prohibentium nubere abstinere a         3.  Forbidding to marry, and commanding
cibis quos Deus creavit ad percipiendum      to abstain from meats, which God hath
cum gratiarum actione fidelibus et his       created to be received with
qui cognoverunt veritatem                    thanksgiving of them which believe and
                                             know the truth.

4:4  quia omnis creatura Dei bona et         4.  For every creature of God is good,
nihil reiciendum quod cum gratiarum          and nothing to be refused, if it be
actione percipitur                           received with thanksgiving:

4:5  sanctificatur enim per verbum Dei       5.  For it is sanctified by the word of
et orationem                                 God and prayer.

4:6  haec proponens fratribus bonus          6.  If thou put the brethren in
eris minister Christi Iesu enutritus         remembrance of these things, thou shalt
verbis fidei et bonae doctrinae quam         be a good minister of Jesus Christ,
adsecutus es                                 nourished up in the words of faith and
                                             of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast
                                             attained.

4:7  ineptas autem et aniles fabulas         7.  But refuse profane and old wives'
devita exerce te ipsum ad pietatem           fables, and exercise thyself rather
                                             unto godliness.

4:8  nam corporalis exercitatio ad           8.  For bodily exercise profiteth
modicum utilis est pietas autem ad           little: but godliness is profitable
omnia utilis est promissionem habens         unto all things, having promise of the
vitae quae nunc est et futurae               life that now is, and of that which is
                                             to come.

4:9  fidelis sermo et omni acceptione        9.  This is a faithful saying and
dignus                                       worthy of all acceptation.

4:10  in hoc enim laboramus et               10.  For therefore we both labour and
maledicimur quia speravimus in Deum          suffer reproach, because we trust in
vivum qui est salvator omnium hominum        the living God, who is the Saviour of
maxime fidelium                              all men, specially of those that
                                             believe.

4:11  praecipe haec et doce                  11.  These things command and teach.

4:12  nemo adulescentiam tuam contemnat      12.  Let no man despise thy youth; but
sed exemplum esto fidelium in verbo in       be thou an example of the believers, in
conversatione in caritate in fide in         word, in conversation, in charity, in
castitate                                    spirit, in faith, in purity.

4:13  dum venio adtende lectioni             13.  Till I come, give attendance to
exhortationi doctrinae                       reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

4:14  noli neglegere gratiam quae in te      14.  Neglect not the gift that is in
est quae data est tibi per prophetiam        thee, which was given thee by prophecy,
cum inpositione manuum presbyterii           with the laying on of the hands of the
                                             presbytery.

4:15  haec meditare in his esto ut           15.  Meditate upon these things; give
profectus tuus manifestus sit omnibus        thyself wholly to them; that thy
                                             profiting may appear to all.

4:16  adtende tibi et doctrinae insta        16.  Take heed unto thyself, and unto
in illis hoc enim faciens et te ipsum        the doctrine; continue in them: for in
salvum facies et qui te audiunt              doing this thou shalt both save
                                             thyself, and them that hear thee.