1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and know the truth.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if received with thanksgiving:
Cross References
Genesis 9:3Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things:
Ecclesiastes 5:18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, 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 sat at table with them, he took bread, and blessed it , and broke, and gave to them.
John 8:31Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed;
Acts 27:35And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in 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 →