1 Timothy 4:3
who discourage marriage, and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thankfulness, by those who believe, and have a clear knowledge of the truth.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2speaking lies in hypocrisy. These are men whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,
Cross References
Matthew 14:19Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.
Luke 24:30So he went in to stay with them. But as he sat down with them, and took bread, and had blessed and broken it, and was handing it to them,
John 8:31So Jesus spoke to the Jews that believed him, saying. "If you abide in my teaching, you are my true disciples;
Acts 27:35When he had so said and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God before them all, and 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 →