1 Timothy 4:1 (WEB)
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
Catechism · 1
“It is a time of waiting and watching.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 25:1, 13; Mk 13:33-37; I I Jn 2:18; 4:3; I Tim 4:1.
Fathers and councils · 15
Origen
“…with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them who believe;” and to have misunderstood also those who employed these declarations of the apostle against such as had corrupted the doctrines of Christianity.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Tim. iv. 1–3.
Read the whole comment- Origen, De Principiis II.7Book II
“…destruction and ruin of many, and to abstain from meats, that by an ostentatious exhibition of stricter observance they may seduce the souls of the innocent.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1–3.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But what is not from our fathers, but has come to light in this day, how can it be but that of which the blessed Paul has foretold, that ‘in the latter times some shall depart from the sound faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, in the hypocrisy of…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2; Tit. i. 14.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…often said in what goes before, and Paul writes it plainly to Timothy: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in later times some shall depart from the faith,—which we see in the divisions not only of former times but also of our own; so motley and diversified are the errors of the heretics.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.32Conference VII
“On which the Apostle, when reproving those who are deceived by them, adds as follows: “giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils speaking lies in hypocrisy.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2.
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Gregory the Great
“…what the preacher to the Gentiles says; In the last times perilous times shall be at hand, and there shall be men loving themselves, covetous, lifted up (1 Tim. iv. 1); and what follows, which it would be a trouble for me to speak, and which is not necessary for you to hear.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Let the latter hear, Some shall depart from the faith; and a little after, Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth (1 Tim. iv. 1, 3).” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“Of them he says in yet another place, that “certain shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits, and the doctrines of devils.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1.
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Tertullian
“And accordingly (they think) us to have been even then prenoted as “in the latest times departing from the faith, giving heed to spirits which seduce the world, having a conscience inburnt with doctrines of liars.”” — editor's note: So Oehler punctuates. The reference is to 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“…now to bring down by our prayers God’s anger, nor to obtain his protection or grace; but to secure by premunition the moral position of the “latest times;” enjoining every species of ταπεινοφρόνησις, since the prison must be familiarized to us, and hunger and thirst practised, and capacity of enduring as well the…” — editor's note: See the Vulg. in 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2; 2 Tim. iii. 1; and comp. therewith the Greek in both places.
Read the whole comment“The apostle sets a brand upon those who were wont entirely to forbid marriage, who were wont at the same time to lay an interdict on meats which God has created.” — editor's note: See 1 Tim. iv. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“These are “the doctrines” of men and “of demons” produced for itching ears of the spirit of this world’s wisdom: this the Lord called “foolishness,” and “chose the foolish things of the world” to confound even philosophy itself.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…expressly that in the last days some shall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils through the hypocrisy of lying talk.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1, 2.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…because every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected which is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1–5.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Jam de iis, qui matrimonium abhorrent, dicit beatus Paulus: “In novissimis diebus deficient quidam a fide, attendentes spiritibus erroris, et doctrinis dæmoniorum, prohibentium nubere, abstinere a cibis.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 1, 3.
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Cross-references · 40
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 6.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 12.
Cited together in Against the Arians I.2.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 6.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Against the Arians I.2.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VIII.2.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VIII.2.
Cited together in De Principiis II.7.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Against the Arians I.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VIII.2.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.32.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VIII.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VIII.2.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 6.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 6.
Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 12.
Cited together in De Principiis II.7.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.64.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.64.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.64.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.15 and 1 other place.