1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding marriage, and commanding abstinence from foods which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2Taught by hypocritical liars; who have their consciences seared as with a hot iron;
Cross References
Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, as he was at table with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to them.
John 8:31Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, If you continue in my word, then you are my disciples indeed;
Acts 27:35And when he had spoken thus, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he 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 →