1 Timothy 4:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For everything created by God is good,  and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Cross References

Romans 14:20

Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make someone fall by what he eats.

1 Corinthians 10:25

Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience,

Romans 14:14

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself.  Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.

1 Corinthians 10:23

‘Everything is permissible’,  but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible’,  but not everything builds up.

Acts 21:25

With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that  they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.’

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage  and demand abstinence  from foods that God created  to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

Genesis 1:31

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed.  Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock   #– #his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God,  without bias, he is righteous and true.

Acts 15:29

that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.  You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things. Farewell.’

Acts 10:15

Again, a second time, the voice said to him, ‘What God has made clean, do not call impure.’

Romans 14:6

Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honour of the Lord.  Whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God;  and whoever does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat it, and he gives thanks to God.

1 Corinthians 10:26

since the earth is the Lord’s,   and all that is in it.   ,

1 Corinthians 10:30

If I partake with thanksgiving,  why am I criticised because of something for which I give thanks?