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1 Timothy 4:3–5

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3They forbid people to marryf and order them to abstain from certain foods,g which God createdh to be received with thanksgivingi by those who believe and who know the truth. 4For everything God created is good,j and nothing is to be rejectedk if it is received with thanksgiving, 5because it is consecrated by the word of Godl and prayer.

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1 Timothy 4:4–5: For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

Cross references

  1. fHeb 13:4
  2. gCol 2:16
  3. hGe 1:29; 9:3
  4. iver 4; Ro 14:6; 1 Co 10:30
  5. jGe 1:10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31; Mk 7:18, 19; Ro 14:14–18
  6. kSee Ac 10:15
  7. lSee Heb 4:12

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

NLTNew Living Translation

They will say it is wrong to be married and wrong to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten with thanks by faithful people who know the truth. Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks. For we know it is made acceptable by the word of God and prayer.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

who forbid marrying and insist on abstaining from foods that God created for sharing in with thankfulness by those who believe and who know the truth, because everything created by God is good and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thankfulness, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.