1 Timothy 4:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Forbidding

Daniel 11:37

1 Corinthians 7:28

Hebrews 13:4

To abstain

With

Believe

1 Timothy 2:4

John 8:31

2 Thessalonians 2:13

General references

Colossians 2:21

Bible References

Forbidding

And unto the God of his fathers he doth not attend, nor to the desire of women, yea, to any god he doth not attend, for against all he magnifieth himself.

But and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.

honourable is the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

To abstain

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for it is good that by grace the heart be confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited;

With

because every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.'

And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he did break, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken, he was giving to them,

(and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),

and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it, he began to eat;

He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard it, and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God.

and if I thankfully do partake, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

Believe

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, 'If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

General references

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

'And when he who hath the issue spitteth on him who is clean, then he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

His disciples say to him, 'If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

-- thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle --