1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
2through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,
Cross References
Genesis 9:3Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
Ecclesiastes 5:18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, in which he labours under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
Matthew 14:19He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
Luke 24:30When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them.
John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
Acts 27:35When he had said this and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; then he broke it and 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 →