1 Timothy 4:3

forbyddinge to mary and commaundinge to abstayne from meates which God hath created to be receaved with gevynge thankes of them which beleve and knowe the trueth.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2of them which speake falce thorow ypocrisye and have their consciences marked with an hote yron

4For all the creatures of God are good and nothynge to be refused yf it be receaved with thankes gevynge.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:19And he commaunded the people to syt downe on the grasse: and toke the .v. loves and the .ii. fysshes and loked vp to heven and blessed and brake and gave the loves to his disciples and the disciples gave them to the people.

Luke 24:30And it came to passe as he sate at meate with them he toke breed blessed it brake and gave to them.

John 8:31and shall knowe the trueth: and the trueth shall make you free.

Acts 27:35And when he had thus spoke he toke breed and gave thankes to God in presence of the all and brake it and begane to eate.

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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