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False Asceticism

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, through the pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage[a] and enjoin abstinence from foods[b] which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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  1. 4.3 forbid marriage: As some Gnostics did.
  2. 4.3 abstinence from foods: As practiced by Juda izers.

The Great Apostasy

Now the Spirit [a]expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed (A)to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, (B)speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience (C)seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 4:1 explicitly