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1 Timothy 4:3

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.

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ASV

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
κωλυόντωνkōluontōnforbiddingG2967 →
γαμεῖν,gameinto marry,G1060 →
ἀπέχεσθαιapechesthai[commanding] to abstainG568 →
βρωμάτωνbrōmatōnfrom foodsG1033 →
ἃhathatG3739 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
θεὸςtheosGodG2316 →
ἔκτισενektisencreatedG2936 →
εἰςeisforG1519 →
μετάλημψινmetalēmpsinreceptionG3336 →
μετὰmetawithG3326 →
εὐχαριστίαςeucharistiasthanksgivingG2169 →
τοῖςtoisby theG3588 →
πιστοῖςpistoisfaithfulG4103 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐπεγνωκόσινepegnōkosinby [those] already knowingG1921 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
ἀλήθειαν.alētheiantruth.G225 →

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1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.Romans 14:6He 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.Colossians 2:16Therefore 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 10:30–31If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?Genesis 9:3Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.1 Corinthians 8:8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.Colossians 2:21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?Romans 14:3The 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.1 Corinthians 7:28But 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.Hebrews 13:9Do 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.Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.Colossians 2:20–23If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:Acts 10:13–15Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”1 Corinthians 7:2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.Colossians 2:23Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.1 Timothy 4:5because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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