Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally know the truth;
New American Standard Bible
men who
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.
Holman Bible
They forbid marriage
International Standard Version
They will try to stop people from marrying and from eating certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
A Conservative Version
forbidding to marry, to abstain from foods, which God created for partaking with thankfulness by those who believe and know the truth.
American Standard Version
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
Amplified
who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from [certain kinds of] foods which God has created to be gratefully shared by those who believe and have [a clear] knowledge of the truth.
An Understandable Version
They forbid people to get married and require them to avoid [eating] certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and [fully] know the truth.
Anderson New Testament
who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe, and know the truth.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
interdicting marriage; and the use of animal food; which God created for the repast of the faithful, who embrace the truth with thankfulness.
Darby Translation
forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
Godbey New Testament
forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from meats, which God created for reception with thanksgiving to the faithful and to those perfectly knowing the truth.
Goodspeed New Testament
who forbid people to marry and insist on abstinence from certain kinds of food that God created for men who believe and understand the truth to enjoy and give thanks for.
John Wesley New Testament
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
Julia Smith Translation
Hindering to marry, to keep from victuals which God created for participation, with thanks, for the faithful and them knowing the truth.
King James 2000
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving of them who believe and know the truth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
who forbid marrying [and insist on] abstaining from foods that God created for sharing in with thankfulness by those who believe and who know the truth,
Modern King James verseion
forbidding to marry, saying to abstain from foods which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with giving thanks, of them which believe, and know the truth.
Montgomery New Testament
who discourage marriage, and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thankfulness, by those who believe, and have a clear knowledge of the truth.
NET Bible
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
New Heart English Bible
forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Noyes New Testament
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those who believe and know the truth.
Sawyer New Testament
who forbid to marry, [command] to abstain from meat, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and those who know the truth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
prohibiting marriage, and enjoining abstinence from particular meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful, and those who acknowledge the truth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the Faith and have attained a full knowledge of the Truth.
Webster
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and know the truth.
Weymouth New Testament
forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear knowledge of the truth.
Williams New Testament
who forbid people to marry and teach them to abstain from certain sorts of food which God created for the grateful enjoyment of those who have faith and a clear knowledge of the truth.
World English Bible
forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Worrell New Testament
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those who believe and have full knowledge of the truth.
Worsley New Testament
and enjoining abstinence from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by those that believe and know the truth.
Youngs Literal Translation
forbidding to marry -- to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,
Themes
Apostasy » Shall abound in the latter days
Apostates » Shall abound in the latter days
Asceticism » Exemplified in celibacy
Asceticism » Extreme application of » Rebuked by paul
Sanctification » What is sanctified
Thankfulness » Should be offered » For the supply of our bodily needs
Thanksgiving » Should be offered » For the supply of our bodily wants
Topics
Interlinear
Eucharistia
Pistos
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 36 Translations in 1 Timothy 4:3
Prayers for 1 Timothy 4:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Coming Apostasy
2 in hypocrisy, speaking falsehood, of demons cauterised in their own conscience, - 3 Forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally know the truth; 4 Because, every creature of God, is good, and nothing to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received, -
Phrases
Cross References
Romans 14:6
He that regardeth the day, unto the Lord, regardeth it, - and, he that eateth, unto the Lord, doth eat, for he giveth thanks unto God; and, he that eateth not, unto the Lord, doth not eat and give God thanks.
Genesis 9:3
As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food, - Like the green herb, have I given you all things.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be honourable in all, and the bed undefiled, for, fornicators and adulterers, God, will judge.
Colossians 2:16
Let no one, therefore, be judging, you, - in eating and in drinking, or in respect of feast, or new moon, or sabbath, -
Daniel 11:37
and, for the god of his fathers, will he have no regard, nor, for the delight of women, nor for any god, will he have regard, - for, against all, will he magnify himself.
1 Corinthians 7:28
If, however, thou shouldst even marry, thou hast not sinned; and, if one who is virgin should marry, that one hath not sinned; - but, tribulation of the flesh, shall, such, have: - howbeit, I, spare you.
1 Corinthians 7:36-39
If however anyone considereth it behaving unseemly towards his virginity, if he should be beyond the bloom of life, - and, thus, it ought to come about, what he chooseth, let him do, - he sinneth not: let them marry:
1 Corinthians 8:8
Food, indeed, will not commend us unto God, - neither, if we eat not, do we lack, nor, if we eat, do we abound.
Colossians 3:17
And whatsoever ye may be doing, in word, or in work, all things, do in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks unto the Divine Father through him: -
1 Timothy 4:4
Because, every creature of God, is good, and nothing to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received, -
Genesis 1:29-30
And God said - Lo! I have given to you - every herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, - to you, shall it be, for food;
1 Samuel 9:13
As ye enter the city, so, shall ye surely find him, ere yet he shall go up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he hath come, for, he, doth bless the sacrifice, after that, will they eat who have been bidden. Now, therefore, go up, for, about this very time, shall ye surely find him.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Lo! what, I myself, have seen - Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all one's toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion:
Matthew 14:19
And, giving orders that the multitudes should recline upon the grass, - taking the five loaves and the two fishes, - looking up into the heaven, he blessed; and, breaking, gave, the disciples, the loaves, and the disciples unto the multitude.
Matthew 15:36
he took the seven loaves, and the fishes, and, giving thanks, brake, - and began giving to his disciples, and, the disciples, to the multitudes.
Luke 24:30
And it came to pass, when he reclined with them, taking the loaf, he blessed, and, breaking it, went on to give unto them.
John 6:23
howbeit there came boats out of Tiberias, near the place where they did eat the bread, after the Lord had given thanks: -
John 8:31-32
Jesus was saying, therefore, unto the Jews who had believed on him - If, ye, abide in my word, of a truth, my disciples, ye are;
Acts 10:13-15
And there came a voice unto him - Rise, Peter! slay and eat.
Acts 27:35
And, having said these things, and taken a loaf, he gave thanks unto God before all, and, breaking it, began to eat.
Romans 14:3
Let not, him that eateth, despise him that eateth not, and let not, him that eateth not, judge him that eateth; for, God, hath received him.
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit;
1 Corinthians 6:13
Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods; but, God, will set aside, both it and them. The body, however, is not for fornication, but, for the Lord, - and, the Lord, for the body.
1 Corinthians 10:30-31
If, I, with gratitude, partake, why am I to be defamed, as to that for which, I, give thanks?
Colossians 2:20-23
If ye have died, together with Christ, from the first principles of the world, why, as though alive in the world, are ye submitting to decrees, -
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
But, we, are bound to give thanks unto God continually concerning you, brethren beloved by the Lord, for that God chose you, from the beginning, unto salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth, -
1 Timothy 2:4
Who willeth, all men, to be saved, and, unto a personal knowledge of truth, to come;
Hebrews 13:9
With teachings, manifold and strange, be not carried aside; for it is, noble, that, with gratitude, should, the heart, be getting confirmed, - not with matters of food, in which, they who are walking, have not been profited.