1 Timothy 4:3

The Coming Apostasy

² Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron; ³ Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge. ⁴ Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

Abstain from

Give Thanks

God Created

God Made

Have Faith

Know the Truth

Knowledge of the Truth

Received with Thanksgiving

Romans 14:6

He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord; and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God; and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God.

Genesis 9:3

Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

Hebrews 13:4

Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

Colossians 2:16

For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

Daniel 11:37

He will have no respect for the gods of his fathers or for the god desired by women; he will have no respect for any god: for he will put himself on high over all.

1 Corinthians 7:28

If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

1 Corinthians 7:36-39

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

1 Corinthians 8:8

But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

1 Timothy 4:4

Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

Genesis 1:29-30

And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

1 Samuel 9:13

When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will see him.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

Matthew 14:19

And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

Matthew 15:36

And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

Luke 24:30

And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.

John 6:23

Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.

John 8:31-32

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

Acts 10:13-15

And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

Acts 27:35

And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.

Romans 14:3

Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

1 Corinthians 10:30-31

But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.

Colossians 2:20-23

If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

1 Timothy 2:4

Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.