1 Timothy 4:3

and will forbid to marry; and will require abstinence from meats, which God hath created for use and for thankfulness, by them who believe and know the truth.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2These will seduce, by a false appearance; and will utter a lie, and will be seared in their conscience;

4Because whatever is created by God is good; and there is nothing which should be rejected if it be received with thankfulness;

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Cross References

Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitudes to recline on the ground: and he took the five cakes and two fishes, and he looked towards heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples; and the disciples placed before the multitudes.

Luke 24:30And it occurred, while he reclined with them, that he took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them.

John 8:31And Jesus said to those Jews who believed on him: If ye continue in my word, ye will be truly my disciples.

Acts 27:35And having said these things, he took bread, and gave glory to God before them all; and 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 →

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