Key Verse Spotlight
1 Timothy 4:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Forbidding to marry, {and commanding} to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”
1 Timothy 4:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Forbidding to marry, {and commanding} to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
For every creature of God {is} good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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