1 Timothy 4:5
for it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
In Context
4Because every creature of God is good, and nothing rejected, being received with thanksgiving:
Cross References
Luke 4:4And Jesus responded to him, saying; It has been written, That man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word of God.
1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the brother. Since then your children are unclean; but now they are holy.
Titus 1:15To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind and their conscience are polluted.
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 →