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1 Timothy 4:3

WEB

3forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

KJV

3Forbidding 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.

BSB

3They 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.

FBV

3tell people to not marry and not to eat certain foods made by God that should be accepted with thanks by those who trust and know the truth.

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Extra References

1 Timothy 4:4

4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.


Romans 14:6

6He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn’t eat, to the Lord he doesn’t eat, and gives God thanks.


Hebrews 13:4

4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.


Colossians 2:16

16Let no one therefore judge you in eating or drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,


1 Corinthians 10:30-31

30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for something I give thanks for?

31Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.


Genesis 9:3

3Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.


1 Corinthians 8:8

8But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat are we the worse, nor if we eat are we the better.


Romans 14:3

3Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.


1 Corinthians 7:28

28But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.


Colossians 3:17

17Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.