1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding to marry, [commanding] to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally know the truth;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2in hypocrisy, speaking falsehood, [of demons] cauterised in their own conscience,—
Cross References
Genesis 9:3As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food,—Like the green herb, have I given you all things.
Ecclesiastes 5:18Lo! what, I myself, have seen—Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all one’s toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion:
Matthew 14:19And, giving orders that the multitudes should recline upon the grass,—taking the five loaves and the two fishes,—looking up into the heaven, he blessed; and, breaking, gave, the disciples, the loaves, and the disciples unto the multitude.
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, when he reclined with them, taking the loaf, he blessed, and, breaking it, went on to give unto them.
John 8:31Jesus was saying, therefore, unto the Jews who had believed on him—If, ye, abide in my word, of a truth, my disciples, ye are;
Acts 27:35And, having said these things, and taken a loaf, he gave thanks unto God before 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 →