1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding to marry — to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,
Cross References
Genesis 9:3Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
Ecclesiastes 5:18Lo, that which I have seen: [It is] good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it [is] his portion.
Matthew 14:19And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken, he was giving to them,
John 8:31Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, 'If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,
Acts 27:35and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having 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 →