1 Timothy 4:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ forbidding to marry, saying to abstain from foods which Elohim created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Who forbid people to marry and [teach them] to abstain from [certain kinds of] foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and have [an increasingly clear] knowledge of the truth.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ They will prohibit marriage and eating foods that God created—and he intended them to be accepted with thanksgiving by those who are faithful and have come to know the truth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ prohibiting marriage, abstaining from foods, which God has created to be accepted with thanksgiving by the faithful and by those who have understood the truth.

1 Timothy 4:3 Cross References

Genesis 9:3

“Every moving creature that lives is food for you. I have given you all, as I gave the green plants.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

See what I have seen: It is good and pleasant for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which Elohim gives him, for it is his portion.

Daniel 11:37

and have no regard for the mighty ones of his fathers nor for the desire of women, nor have regard for any mighty one, but exalt himself above them all.

Matthew 14:19

And commanding the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the taught ones. And the taught ones gave to the crowds,

Matthew 15:11

“Not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Matthew 15:36

and taking the seven loaves and the fish, giving thanks, He broke them and gave to His taught ones, and the taught ones to the crowd.

Luke 24:30

And it came to be, when He sat at the table with them, having taken the bread, He blessed, and having broken, He was giving it to them.

John 6:23

but other boats came from Kinnereth, near the place where they ate bread after the Master had given thanks –

Acts 27:35

And having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to Elohim in the presence of them all. And when he had broken it he began to eat.

Romans 14:17

For the reign of Elohim is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Set-apart Spirit.

Romans 14:3

He that eats, let him not despise him who does not eat, and he that does not eat, let him not judge him who eats, for Elohim received him.

Romans 14:6

He who minds the day, minds it to יהוה. And he who does not mind the day, to יהוה  he does not mind it. He who eats, eats to יהוה, for he gives Elohim thanks. And he who does not eat, to יהוה  he does not eat, and gives Elohim thanks.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods – but Elohim shall destroy both it and them. And the body is not for whoring but for the Master, and the Master for the body.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But even if you should marry, you have not sinned. And if a maiden should marry, she has not sinned. But such shall have pressure in the flesh, but I would spare you.

1 Corinthians 8:8

But food does not commend us to Elohim, for we are none the better if we eat, nor any worse for not eating.

Colossians 2:16

Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths –

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Master יהושע, giving thanks to Elohim the Father through Him.

1 Timothy 2:4

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 4:4

Because every creature of Elohim is good, and none is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

1 Timothy 5:14

So I resolve that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, giving no occasion to the adversary for reviling.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be respected by all, and the bed be undefiled. But Elohim shall judge those who whore, and adulterers.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be borne about by various and strange teachings.For it is good for the heart to be established by favour, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

1 Samuel 9:13

“As you come into the city, you are going to find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people do not eat until he comes, for he blesses the slaughtering, afterward they who are invited eat. And now, go up, for you should find him about this time.”