1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding to marry, to abstain from foods, which God created for partaking with thankfulness by those who believe and know the truth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2speaking lies in hypocrisy, their own conscience having been seared with a hot iron,
4Because every creation of God is good, and nothing rejected that is received with thankfulness,
Cross References
Genesis 9:3Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. As the green herb, I have given you all.
Ecclesiastes 5:18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be fitting is [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor in which he labors under the sun all the days of his life which God has given him, for this is his p
Matthew 14:19And after commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass, having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looking up to heaven, he blessed. And having broken them in pieces, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the
Luke 24:30And it came to pass during his dining with them, that, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken in pieces he gave to them.
John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples,
Acts 27:35And having said these things, and having taken bread, he expressed thanks to God in the presence of all. And having broke in pieces, he began to eat.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:2-6
Apostasy Foretold; Christian Liberty. ( a. d. 64.) 1 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; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 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. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be… Read the whole commentary →