4:1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves ¹  with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, ²  4:2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars ³  whose consciences are seared. ⁴  4:3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4:4 For every creation of God is good and no food ⁵  is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. 4:5 For it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.

6:4 The Nephilim ⁸  were on the earth in those days (and also after this) ⁹  when the sons of God were having sexual relations with ¹⁰  the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. ¹¹  They were the mighty heroes ¹²  of old, the famous men. ¹³ 

6:5 But the Lord saw ¹⁴  that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination ¹⁵  of the thoughts ¹⁶  of their minds ¹⁷  was only evil ¹⁸  all the time. ¹⁹  6:6 The Lord regretted ²⁰  that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended. ²¹  6:7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth – everything from humankind to animals, ²²  including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

6:8 But ²³  Noah found favor ²⁴  in the sight of ²⁵  the Lord.

6:9 This is the account of Noah. ²⁶ 

Noah was a godly man; he was blameless ²⁷ 

among his contemporaries. ²⁸  He ²⁹  walked with ³⁰  God. 6:10 Noah had ³¹  three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.