1 Timothy 4:5

for it is sanctified by the word of God, and by prayer.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

In Context

4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving;

6By recommending these things to the attention of the brethren, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished with the words of the faith, and of good teaching, which you have fully known.

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Cross References

Luke 4:4And Jesus answered him, and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; for if not, then are your children unclean; but now they are holy.

Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.

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 →

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