1 Timothy 4:5

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;

6If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nurtured in the words of the faith and of the good teaching, which thou hast strictly followed.

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Cross References

Luke 4:4And Jesus answered him, saying: It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone.

1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband; else your children are unclean; but now they are holy.

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

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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