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"1": "Now God’s Spirit tells us clearly that in these later times some people will stop believing the true message about Jesus. Instead, they will listen to evil spirits who deceive people, and to the false things that these evil spirits teach.",
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"2": "These people lie and only pretend to do what is right. They do not even feel guilty about it anymore.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"3": "They prevent people from marrying. They tell them that they must not eat certain kinds of food. But God created that food as something we can receive from him and thank him for. He created it for us who believe in him and who know what is true.",
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"4": "Everything that God has made is good. Any kind of food is acceptable to eat if we thank God for it when we eat it.",
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"5": "When we pray to God and believe what he said, {that everything he created was good,} then the food we eat is acceptable to him.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"6": "If you keep teaching these things to your fellow believers, you will be serving Jesus the Messiah well. You will become strong spiritually as you teach and obey the true message that we all believe and the good teaching that you have been following.",
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"7": "But have nothing to do with the worthless, foolish stories that old women tell. Instead, train yourself to do the things that please God.",
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"8": "\"Training your body helps you a little bit, but learning to do the things that please God helps you in every way, both as you live now on earth and as you live in the future with God.\"\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"9": "Everyone should trust this statement and accept it completely.",
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"10": "For this reason we work as hard as we can, because we confidently expect that the living God will do the things that he has promised. He is the Savior of all humanity, but particularly the Savior of those who believe.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"11": "Command these things and teach these things.\n\\p",
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"12": "Do not allow anyone to say that you do not matter because you are young. Instead, show other believers how to live. Show them this by how you speak, how you behave, how you love others, how you trust God, and how you keep yourself sexually pure.",
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"13": "Until I come back to you, be sure to continue reading God’s word {to the believers when you meet together,} teaching {it to the believers,} and urging {them to obey it.}\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"14": "Be sure to use the gift that is in you, which God gave to you when the leaders of the church laid their hands on you and told you what God had revealed to them about you.",
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"15": "Put into practice all these things {that I have told you to do!} Concentrate on them so that everyone will see how much you are improving {as a follower of Jesus.}\n\\p",
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"16": "Be very careful about the way that you behave and about the things that you teach. Keep doing these things, because God is using them to save not only you but also the people who listen to you.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"front": "\\p"
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}
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