1 Timothy 4:3
and enjoining abstinence from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by those that believe and know the truth.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Cross References
Matthew 14:19And having ordered the multitudes to sit down upon the grass, and taken the five loaves and the two fishes, He looked up to heaven and blessed them; and He brake the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the people: and they did all eat, and were satisfied;
Luke 24:30And as He sat at table with them, He took bread and blessed it, and then brake it and gave to them.
John 8:31Therefore said Jesus to the Jews that believed on Him, If ye continue in my word, ye are indeed my disciples.
Acts 27:35And having spoken thus, 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 →