1 Timothy 4:3

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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.

Cross References

Genesis 9:3

And everything that moves and lives will be food for you. Just as with the edible plants, I have delivered them all to you,

Ecclesiastes 5:18

And this is a gift from God: that every man to whom God has given wealth and resources, and to whom he has granted the ability to consume these, may enjoy his portion, and may find joy in his labors.

Daniel 11:37

And he will give no thought to the God of his fathers, and he will be in the desire of women, and he will not attend to any gods, because he will rise up against all things.

Matthew 14:19

And when he had ordered the multitude to sit down upon the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fish, and gazing up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the bread to the disciples, and then the disciples to the multitudes.

Matthew 15:11

A man is not defiled by what enters into the mouth, but by what proceeds from the mouth. This is what defiles a man."

Matthew 15:36

And taking the seven loaves and the fish, and giving thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the people.

Luke 24:30

And it happened that, while he was at table with them, he took bread, and he blessed and broke it, and he extended it to them.

John 6:23

Yet truly, other boats came over from Tiberias, next to the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord gave thanks.

Acts 27:35

And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all. And when he had broken it, he began to eat.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:3

He who eats should not despise him who does not eat. And he who does not eat should not judge him who eats. For God has accepted him.

Romans 14:6

He who understands the age, understands for the Lord. And he who eats, eats for the Lord; for he gives thanks to God. And he who does not eat, does not eat for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food. But God shall destroy both the stomach and food. And the body is not for fornication, but rather for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this.

1 Corinthians 8:8

Yet food does not commend us to God. For if we eat, we will not have more, and if we do not eat, we will not have less.

Colossians 2:16

Therefore, let no one judge you as concerns food or drink, or a particular feast day, or feast days of new moons, or of Sabbaths.

Colossians 3:17

Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

1 Timothy 2:4

who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth.

1 Timothy 4:4

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected which is received with thanksgiving;

1 Timothy 5:14

Therefore, I want the younger women to marry, to procreate children, to be mothers of families, to provide no ready opportunity for the adversary to speak evil.

Hebrews 13:4

May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by changing or strange doctrines. And it is best for the heart to be sustained by grace, not by foods. For the latter have not been as useful to those who walked by them.

1 Samuel 9:13

Upon entering the city, you should find him immediately, before he ascends to the high place for the meal. And the people will not eat until he has arrived. For he blesses the victim, and thereafter those who were called will eat. Now therefore, go up. For you will find him today."