A Warning About False Teachers

4 Now the ·Holy Spirit [^LSpirit] clearly says that in the later times some people will ·stop believing [abandon; desert] the faith [2 Thess. 2:3–9; 2 Tim. 3:1]. They will ·follow [occupy themselves with; devote themselves to] ·spirits that lie [deceiving spirits] and teachings of demons. ² Such teachings come ·from the false words [or through the hypocrisy] of liars whose consciences are ·destroyed [seared; or branded] as if by a hot iron. ³ They forbid people to marry and tell them not to eat certain foods which God created to be ·eaten [received] with thanks by people who believe and know the truth. ⁴ [^LFor] Everything God created is good, and nothing should be ·refused [rejected] if it is accepted with thanks, ⁵ because it is ·made holy [sanctified] by ·what God has said [the word/pronouncement of God] and by prayer.