1 Timothy 4:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Rom 14:6 : 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
  • Gen 9:3 : 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 [ Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:
  • Col 2:16 : 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.
  • 1 Cor 7:36-39 : 36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry. 37 But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin [daughter], shall do well. 38 So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better. 39 A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 8:8 : 8 But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
  • 1 Cor 10:30-31 : 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
  • Dan 11:37 : 37 Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above all.
  • Col 2:20-23 : 20 If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, 21 Handle not, nor taste, nor touch 22 (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men? 23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
  • Col 3:17 : 17 And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
  • Gen 1:29-30 : 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food: 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.
  • Matt 14:19 : 19 And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
  • Matt 15:36 : 36 and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
  • Luke 24:30 : 30 And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking [it] he gave to them.
  • John 6:23 : 23 (howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks):
  • John 8:31-32 : 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples; 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
  • Acts 10:13-15 : 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean. 15 And a voice [came] unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
  • Acts 27:35 : 35 And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he brake it, and began to eat.
  • Rom 14:3 : 3 Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
  • 1 Sam 9:13 : 13 as soon as ye are come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he goeth up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; [and] afterwards they eat that are bidden. Now therefore get you up; for at this time ye shall find him.
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

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  • 1 Tim 4:4-5
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    4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

    5for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

  • Rom 14:20-22
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    20Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

    21It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything] whereby thy brother stumbleth.

    22The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.

  • 1 Thess 4:3-5
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    3For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

    4that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

    5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

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    14not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
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    8But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

  • Acts 15:29
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    29that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.

  • Heb 13:9-10
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    9Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

    10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle.

  • 1 Tim 4:2
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    2through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

  • Rom 14:2-3
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    2One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

    3Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

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    23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

    24Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

    25for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

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    13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

  • 1 Cor 10:27-28
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    27If one of them that believe not biddeth you [to a feast], and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake.

    28But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you] :

  • Acts 15:20
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    20but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:

  • Col 2:21-23
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    21Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

    22(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

    23Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

  • Rom 14:6
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    6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

  • Eph 5:4
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    4nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

  • 1 Cor 7:5-6
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    5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

    6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

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    3If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, [even] the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

  • 1 Tim 6:5
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    5wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

  • Deut 14:3
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    3Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

  • Heb 13:4
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    4[ Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

  • 1 Tim 1:4
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    4neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; [so do I now] .

  • Acts 21:25
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    25But as touching the Gentiles that have believed, we wrote, giving judgment that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.

  • 1 Cor 7:1
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    1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

  • 1 Tim 1:10
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    10for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine; [

  • 1 Cor 7:35
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    35And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

  • 1 Cor 8:4
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    4Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no God but one.

  • Rom 14:14-15
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    14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

    15For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.

  • 2 Tim 3:5
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    5holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

  • 1 Tim 4:11
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    11These things command and teach.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

  • 1 Cor 10:25
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    25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake,