1 Timothy 4:3
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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.They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
In other translations
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.They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Greek words
κωλυόντωνkōluontōnforbiddingG2967γαμεῖν,gameinto marry,G1060ἀπέχεσθαιapechesthai[commanding] to abstainG568βρωμάτωνbrōmatōnfrom foodsG1033ἃhathatG3739ὁho<the>G3588θεὸςtheosGodG2316ἔκτισενektisencreatedG2936εἰςeisforG1519μετάλημψινmetalēmpsinreceptionG3336μετὰmetawithG3326εὐχαριστίαςeucharistiasthanksgivingG2169τοῖςtoisby theG3588πιστοῖςpistoisfaithfulG4103καὶkaiandG2532ἐπεγνωκόσινepegnōkosinby [those] already knowingG1921τὴνtēntheG3588ἀλήθειαν.alētheiantruth.G225
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Related verses
- 1 Timothy 4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Romans 14:6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
- 1 Corinthians 10:30-3130 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.30 If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? 31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- 1 Corinthians 8:8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
- Genesis 9:3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
- Colossians 2:16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
- 1 Corinthians 7:28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
- Romans 14:3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.
- Hebrews 13:9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
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