1 Timothy 4:3

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They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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  • Rom 14:6 : 6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
  • Gen 9:3 : 3 Every living creature that moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the plants, I now give you everything.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is to be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
  • Col 2:16 : 16 Therefore, let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or regarding a festival, a new moon, or Sabbaths.
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
  • 1 Cor 7:36-39 : 36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, the one who marries the virgin does right, but the one who does not marry her does better. 39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 8:8 : 8 Food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
  • 1 Cor 10:30-31 : 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of what I give thanks for? 31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
  • Dan 11:37 : 37 He will show no regard for the gods of his ancestors, the desire of women, or any other god, for he will magnify himself above them all.
  • Col 2:20-23 : 20 If you died with Christ to the elemental principles of the world, why, as though still living in the world, do you submit to its decrees? 21 "Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle"— 22 which all perish as they are used—based on human commands and teachings. 23 These have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, but they have no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
  • Col 3:17 : 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through the sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 He called you to this through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  • Gen 1:29-30 : 29 Then God said, 'Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that bears fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth, all the birds in the sky, and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.' And it was so.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by God’s grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which have not benefited those who have followed them.
  • Matt 14:19 : 19 Then He instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, gave thanks, and broke the loaves. He then gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
  • Matt 15:36 : 36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.
  • Luke 24:30 : 30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and began to give it to them.
  • John 6:23 : 23 (Other small boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.)
  • John 8:31-32 : 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
  • Acts 10:13-15 : 13 Then a voice said to him, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.' 14 But Peter said, 'By no means, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.' 15 Again, the voice came to him a second time, saying, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.'
  • Acts 27:35 : 35 After he said this, Paul took some bread, gave thanks to God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.
  • Rom 14:3 : 3 The one who eats must not look down on the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, for God has accepted them.
  • 1 Sam 9:13 : 13 As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he arrives because he must bless the sacrifice first. After that, those who have been invited can eat. Go now, for you will find him at this time.
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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  • 1 Tim 4:4-5
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    4For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

    5It is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

  • Rom 14:20-22
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    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.

    22Do you have faith? Keep it to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

  • 1 Thess 4:3-5
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    3For this is God’s will: your sanctification—that you abstain from sexual immorality.

    4That each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

    5not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.

  • Titus 1:14
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    14not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and human commandments that turn away from the truth.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
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    8Food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

  • Acts 15:29
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    29that you abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

  • Heb 13:9-10
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    9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by God’s grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which have not benefited those who have followed them.

    10We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat.

  • 1 Tim 4:2
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    2They will speak lies with hypocrisy, and their consciences will be seared as with a hot iron.

  • Rom 14:2-3
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    2One person believes they may eat anything, while someone who is weak eats only vegetables.

    3The one who eats must not look down on the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, for God has accepted them.

  • Rom 1:23-25
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    23And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.

    24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

    25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is forever praised. Amen.

  • 1 Cor 6:13
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    13Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

  • 1 Cor 10:27-28
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    27If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is placed before you without raising questions of conscience.

    28But if someone says to you, 'This has been offered in sacrifice,' then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

  • Acts 15:20
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    20Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7Reject worldly and silly myths, and instead, train yourself in godliness.

  • Col 2:21-23
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    21"Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle"—

    22which all perish as they are used—based on human commands and teachings.

    23These have an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, but they have no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

  • Rom 14:6
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    6Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

  • Eph 5:4
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    4Nor should there be filthiness, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

  • 1 Cor 7:5-6
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    5Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

    6I say this as a concession, not as a command.

  • 1 Tim 6:3
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    3If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,

  • 1 Tim 6:5
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    5These lead to constant friction among people who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means to profit. Stay away from such people.

  • Deut 14:3
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    3You shall not eat any detestable thing.

  • Heb 13:4
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    4Marriage is to be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

  • 1 Tim 1:4
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    4nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship of God that is by faith.

  • Acts 21:25
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    25As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.

  • 1 Cor 7:1
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    1Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

  • 1 Tim 1:10
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    10the sexually immoral, those who practice homosexuality, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

  • 1 Cor 7:35
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    35I am saying this for your benefit, not to restrict you, but so that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 8:4
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    4So then, concerning eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and there is no God but one.

  • Rom 14:14-15
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    14I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.

    15If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.

  • 2 Tim 3:5
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    5They will have a form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God.

  • 1 Tim 4:11
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    11Command and teach these things.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

  • 1 Cor 10:25
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    25Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience.