1 Timothy 4:3
prohibiting marriage, and enjoining abstinence from particular meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and those who acknowledge the truth.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2men who teach lies with hypocrisy; and have their own consciences cauterised;
4For every creature of God is good, and none to be rejected, if used with thanksgiving:
Cross References
Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, when he was sitting down at table with them, taking up a loaf, he blessed it, and breaking, distributed it to them.
John 8:31Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye abide in my word, assuredly ye are my disciples;
Acts 27:35And so saying, and taking a loaf, he gave thanks to God before them all, and breaking it, 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 →