Parallel Verses
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.
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;
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
through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron.
3 men who
Phrases
Cross References
Romans 14:6
He who regards the day regards it to God and he who does not regard the day does not regard it to God. He, who eats, eats to God, for he gives God thanks. He who does not eat does not eat to God and he gives God thanks.
Genesis 9:3
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be honorable among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
Colossians 2:16
Let no man judge you in food or in drink or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
Daniel 11:37
Neither will he honor the gods of his father's, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god for he will magnify himself above them all.
1 Corinthians 7:28
If you marry you have not sinned. If a virgin marries she has not sinned. Those who marry will face many problems in this life and I want to spare you.
1 Corinthians 7:36-39
If any man thinks he behaves improperly toward his virgin, if she is past her youth, let him do what he will, he does not sin if they get married.
1 Corinthians 8:8
But food will not recommend us to God. If we do not eat we are not worse. If we eat we are not better.
Colossians 3:17
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. Give thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
Genesis 1:29-30
Then God said: I give you every plant that bears seed on the face of the entire earth. I also give you every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
1 Samuel 9:13
As you go into the city, you can find him before he goes to the worship site to eat. The people will not eat until he comes. He blesses the sacrifice. Then those who are invited may eat. You should be able to find him now.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
This is what I have seen. It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. He labors under the sun all the days of his life. For God gives this to him as his allotment (inheritance).
Matthew 14:19
He commanded the crowd to sit down on the grass. Then he prayed. He gave the five loaves and two fishes to the disciples to distribute to the crowd.
Matthew 15:36
He took the seven loaves and the fish and offered a prayer of thanksgiving. Then he broke them and gave them to the disciples. The disciples gave them to the people.
Luke 24:30
When he had sat down with them to eat he took the bread and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them.
John 6:23
Small boats from Tiberias came there to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord gave thanks.
John 8:31-32
Jesus told the Jews who believed him: If you dwell in my word you truly are my disciples.
Acts 10:13-15
Peter heard a voice say: Kill and eat.
Acts 27:35
After he said this he took some bread, gave thanks to God in the presence of all. He broke it and began to eat.
Romans 14:3
Let the one eating not look down on the one not eating. Let the one who does not eat judge him that eats, for God has received him.
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
Foods are for the belly, and the belly for foods, but God will destroy both of them. Now the body is not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
1 Corinthians 10:30-31
For if I by grace am a partaker, why is evil spoken about me concerning that for which I give thanks?
Colossians 2:20-23
If you died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances:
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
We always have to thank God for you, brothers. Jehovah loves you and we thank God that in the beginning he chose you to be saved through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
1 Timothy 2:4
It is God's desire that all men have salvation and come to the full (precise) (accurate) (correct) knowledge (Greek: epignosis: recognition, discernment) of the truth.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by varied (different) and strange teachings. It is good that the heart is established by grace and not by food. Those who are occupied by them are not benefited.