2 through the hypocrisy of false speakers—whose own conscience has been seared.
3 They forbid people to marry; they command people to abstain from foods that God created for the faithful to share with thanksgiving, having come to know the truth.
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving;
5 for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
6 In pointing out these things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Messiah Yeshua, nourished in the words of the faith and the sound teaching that you have been following.
7 But avoid godless myths and old wives’ tales; instead, train yourself in godliness.
8 For physical exercise has some benefit; but godliness is beneficial for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the one to come.