1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those who believe and know the truth.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2through the hypocrisy of speakers of lies, who bear a brand on their own conscience,
4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:18Behold, what I have seen is, that it is good and proper for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor which he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him; for it is his portion.
Matthew 14:19And bidding the multitudes to lie down on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and, looking up to heaven, he blessed; and having broken the loaves he gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, as he was at table with them, that he took the bread, and blessed it, and broke and gave it to them.
John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed in 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 →