1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from food, which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those[4:3] who believe and know the truth.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
2of those who speak lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;
Cross References
Matthew 14:19And he commanded that the multitudes should lie down on the grass, and took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven he blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, that as he was reclining at table with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and breaking, gave to them.
John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews who have believed him: If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples;
Acts 27:35And having thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all; and having broken it, 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 →