1 Timothy 4:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Forbidding to marrie & commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth.

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  • Rom 14:6 : 6 He that esteemeth the day, esteemeth it vnto ye Lorde: And he that esteemeth not the day to the Lorde, he doeth not esteeme it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lorde, for he geueth God thankes: And he that eateth not, eateth not to the Lorde, and geueth God thankes.
  • Gen 9:3 : 3 Euery thyng that moueth it selfe, and that liueth, shall be meate for you, euen as the greene hearbe haue I geue you all thinges.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothyng to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng.
  • Col 2:16 : 16 Let no man therfore iudge you in meate, or in drinke, or in part of an holyday, or of the newe moone, or of the Sabboth dayes:
  • 1 Cor 7:28 : 28 But and if thou marrie a wyfe, thou sinnest not, and if a virgin marrie, she hath not sinned: Neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in their fleshe, but I beare with you.
  • 1 Cor 7:36-39 : 36 But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage, and neede so require, let him do what he wyll, he sinneth not: let them be maryed. 37 Neuerthelesse, he that purposeth surely in his heart hauing no neede, but hath power ouer his owne wyll, and hath so decreed in his heart that he wyl kepe his virgin, doth well. 38 So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage, doth well: but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage, doth better. 39 The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth: but if her husband be dead, she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil, onely in the Lorde.
  • 1 Cor 8:8 : 8 But meate maketh vs not acceptable to God: For neither if we eate, haue we the more, neither if we eate not, haue we the lesse.
  • 1 Cor 10:30-31 : 30 For, if I take my part with thankes, why am I euyll spoken of, for that wherfore I geue thankes? 31 Whether therfore ye eate or drynke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God.
  • Dan 11:37 : 37 He shall not regarde the God of his fathers, nor the desires of women, yea he shall not care for any God: for he shall magnifie himselfe aboue all.
  • Col 2:20-23 : 20 Wherfore, yf ye be dead with Christe from ye rudimentes of the world: why, as though lyuyng in the worlde, are ye led with traditions, 21 Touche not, taste not, handle not? 22 Which all be in corruption, in abusyng after the commaundementes and doctrines of men. 23 Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.
  • Col 3:17 : 17 And whatsoeuer ye do in worde or deede, do all in the name of the Lorde Iesus, geuyng thankes to God and the father by hym.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & in fayth of the trueth: 14 Wherevnto he called you by our Gospell, to the obteyning of the glorie of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 Who wyll haue all men to be saued, and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth.
  • Gen 1:29-30 : 29 And God sayde: beholde, I haue geuen you euery hearbe bearing seede, which is in the vpper face of all ye earth, and euery tree in the which is the fruite of a tree bearing seede, that they may be meate vnto you: 30 To euery beast of the earth also, and to euery birde of the aire, and to euery such thing that creepeth vpon ye earth, which doth liue, I haue geuen euery greene hearbe for meate: and it was so.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Be not caryed about with diuers & strange doctrines: For it is a good thing that the heart be stablisshed with grace, & not with meates, which haue not profited the that haue ben occupied therin.
  • Matt 14:19 : 19 And he commaunded the people to sit downe on the grasse, and he toke the fyue loaues, and the two fisshes, and lift vp his eyes towarde heauen, & blessed: And when he had broken them, he gaue the loaues to his disciples, and his disciples to the people.
  • Matt 15:36 : 36 And toke the seuen loaues, and the fisshes: and after that he had geuen thankes, he brake them, and gaue to his disciples, and the disciples gaue them to the people.
  • Luke 24:30 : 30 And it came to passe, as he sate at meate with them, he toke bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gaue to them.
  • John 6:23 : 23 Howebeit there came other shippes fro Tiberias, nye vnto the place, where they dyd eate bread, after that the Lord had geuen thankes.
  • John 8:31-32 : 31 Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes which beleued on him: Yf ye continue in my word, then are ye my very disciples. 32 And ye shall knowe the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.
  • Acts 10:13-15 : 13 And there came a voyce to hym: ryse Peter, kyll and eate. 14 But Peter sayde, Not so Lorde: For I haue neuer eaten any thyng that is common or vncleane. 15 And the voyce spake vnto hym againe the seconde tyme: What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
  • Acts 27:35 : 35 And when he had thus spoken, he toke bread, and gaue thankes to God in presence of them all: And when he had broken it, he began to eate.
  • Rom 14:3 : 3 Let not hym that eateth, dispise hym that eateth not: And let not hym which eateth not, iudge hym that eateth. For God hath receaued hym.
  • 1 Sam 9:13 : 13 When ye be come into the citie, ye shall finde him strayghtway yer he go vp to the hil to eate: for ye people wil not eate vntil he come, because he doth blesse the offring, and then eate they that be bydden to the feast: Nowe therfore get you vp, for this day shal ye finde him.
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kyngdome of God, is not meat and drinke: but righteousnesse, & peace, and ioy in the holy ghost.
  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Meates are ordeyned for the belly, and the belly for meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the body is not for fornication: but for the Lorde, and the Lorde for the body.

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    4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothyng to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng.

    5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer.

  • Rom 14:20-22
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    20 Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is euyll for that man, which eateth with offence.

    21 It is good neither to eate fleshe, neither to drinke wine, neither any thyng wherby thy brother stumbleth, either falleth, or is made weake.

    22 Hast thou fayth? Haue it with thy selfe before God. Happy is he that condempneth not hym selfe in the thyng which he aloweth.

  • 1 Thess 4:3-5
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    3 For this is the wyll of God, your holynesse, that ye should abstayne from fornication:

    4 That euery one of you should knowe how to possesse his vessell in holynesse and honour:

    5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the gentiles, which knowe not God.

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    14 Not takyng heede to Iewes fables and comaundementes of men, turnyng from the trueth.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
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    8 But meate maketh vs not acceptable to God: For neither if we eate, haue we the more, neither if we eate not, haue we the lesse.

  • Acts 15:29
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    29 That ye abstayne from thynges offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication: From which yf ye kepe your selues, ye shall do well. So fare ye well.

  • Heb 13:9-10
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    9 Be not caryed about with diuers & strange doctrines: For it is a good thing that the heart be stablisshed with grace, & not with meates, which haue not profited the that haue ben occupied therin.

    10 We haue an aulter, wherof they haue no ryght to eate which serue in the tabernacle.

  • 1 Tim 4:2
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    2 Which speake false in hypocrisie, hauyng their conscience seared with an hotte iron:

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    2 One beleueth yt he may eate euery thyng: Another which is weake, eateth hearbes.

    3 Let not hym that eateth, dispise hym that eateth not: And let not hym which eateth not, iudge hym that eateth. For God hath receaued hym.

  • Rom 1:23-25
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    23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God, vnto an image, made not only after the similitude of a mortal man, but also of birdes, and foure footed beastes, and of crepyng beastes.

    24 Wherefore God gaue them vp to vncleanenesse, through the lustes of their owne heartes, to defyle their owne bodies among them selues.

    25 Whiche chaunged his trueth for a lye, and worshipped and serued the creature, more then the creator, which is to be praysed for euer. Amen.

  • 1 Cor 6:13
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    13 Meates are ordeyned for the belly, and the belly for meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the body is not for fornication: but for the Lorde, and the Lorde for the body.

  • 1 Cor 10:27-28
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    27 If any of them which beleue not, byd you to a feast and ye be disposed to go, whatsoeuer is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

    28 But yf any man say vnto you, this is offred vnto idols, eate not of it for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake. The earth is the Lordes and all that therin is.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

  • Acts 15:20
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    20 But that we write vnto them, that they absteyne themselues from fylthynesse of idols, and fro fornication, and from strangled, and from blood.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7 But cast away prophane & old wiues fables: Exercise thy selfe rather vnto godlynesse.

  • Col 2:21-23
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    21 Touche not, taste not, handle not?

    22 Which all be in corruption, in abusyng after the commaundementes and doctrines of men.

    23 Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.

  • Rom 14:6
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    6 He that esteemeth the day, esteemeth it vnto ye Lorde: And he that esteemeth not the day to the Lorde, he doeth not esteeme it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lorde, for he geueth God thankes: And he that eateth not, eateth not to the Lorde, and geueth God thankes.

  • Eph 5:4
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    4 Neither fylthynesse, neither foolyshe talkyng, neither iestyng, which are not comely: but rather, geuyng of thankes.

  • 1 Cor 7:5-6
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    5 Defraude you not the one the other, except it be with both your consentes for a time, that ye may geue your selues to fasting and prayer: and afterward come together againe, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie.

    6 This I say of fauour, & not of commaundement.

  • 1 Tim 6:3
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    3 Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse:

  • 1 Tim 6:5
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    5 Uayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes, destitute of the trueth, thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse. From suche be thou separate.

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    3 Thou shalt eate no maner of abhomination.

  • Heb 13:4
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    4 Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge.

  • 1 Tim 1:4
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    4 Neither geue heede to fables and endlesse genealogies, whiche breede questions, more then godly edifying which is in fayth.

  • Acts 21:25
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    25 As touchyng the Gentiles which beleue, we haue written and concluded, that they obserue no suche thyng, saue only that they kepe them selues from thynges offered to idoles, & from blood, and from strangled, & from fornication.

  • 1 Cor 7:1
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    1 Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15 Knowe ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe? Shall I then take the members of Christe, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd.

  • 1 Tim 1:10
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    10 To whoremongers, to them that defyle them selues with mankynde, to manstealers, to lyers, to periured, and yf there be any other thyng that is contrarie to wholsome doctrine:

  • 1 Cor 7:35
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    35 This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that ye may folowe that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation.

  • 1 Cor 8:4
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    4 As concerning the eating of those thinges that are offered vnto idols, we are sure that an idoll is nothing in the worlde, and that there is none other God but one.

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    14 For I knowe, and am perswaded by the Lorde Iesus, that there is nothyng common of it selfe: but vnto hym that iudgeth it to be common, to hym is it common.

    15 But yf thy brother be greeued with thy meat, nowe walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not hym with thy meat, for whom Christe dyed.

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    5 Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse, but denying the power therof: turne away from these.

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    2 That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in ye fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.

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    11 These thynges commaunde & teache.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3 For that is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour,

  • 1 Cor 10:25
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    25 Whatsoeuer is solde in the market, that eate, and aske no question for conscience sake.

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