1 Timothy 4:1

KJV

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

— 1 Timothy 4:1, King James Version
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The 'Spirit expressly says' (rhētōs) that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to 'deceitful spirits and teachings of demons' — one of the New Testament's most direct attributions of heresy to demonic origin. The phrase 'later times' (hysterois kairois) is an eschatological marker, though unlike the Synoptic 'last days' (eschatai hēmerai), it may indicate an imminent development rather than a distant end-time. The specific errors named — forbidding marriage and requiring abstinence from foods (verses 2–3) — reflect an ascetic dualism that later appeared in Marcionite and various Gnostic movements. The verse is part of the Pastoral Epistles' sustained concern with doctrinal fidelity and the authority of established teaching against innovative deviation.

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ASV

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

YLT

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

BBE

But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

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