Parallel Verses

Moffatt New Testament

Anything God has created is good, and nothing is to be tabooed ??provided it is eaten with thanksgiving,

New American Standard Bible

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

King James Version

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Holman Bible

For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

International Standard Version

For everything God created is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

A Conservative Version

Because every creation of God is good, and nothing rejected that is received with thankfulness,

American Standard Version

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Amplified

For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

An Understandable Version

For everything created by God is permitted [to be eaten] and nothing should be refused, if it is received with gratitude,

Anderson New Testament

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving;

Bible in Basic English

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

Common New Testament

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving;

Daniel Mace New Testament

for all that God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it be receiv'd with thanksgiving:

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

Because every creature of God is good, and nothing rejected, being received with thanksgiving:

Goodspeed New Testament

For everything God has created is good, and nothing need be refused, provided it is accepted with thanksgiving,

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

For every created thing of God good, and nothing thrown away, received with thanks:

King James 2000

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Lexham Expanded Bible

because everything created by God [is] good and nothing [is to be] rejected [if it is] received with thankfulness,

Modern King James verseion

For every creation of God is good, and nothing to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For all the creatures of God are good: and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Montgomery New Testament

For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if only it is received with thankfulness.

NET Bible

For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

New Heart English Bible

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

Noyes New Testament

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;

Sawyer New Testament

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, [but] to be received with thanksgiving;

The Emphasized Bible

Because, every creature of God, is good, and nothing to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For every creature of God is good, and none to be rejected, if used with thanksgiving:

Twentieth Century New Testament

Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected--provided only that it is received thankfully;

Webster

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if received with thanksgiving:

Weymouth New Testament

For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.

Williams New Testament

For everything in God's creation is good, and nothing is to be refused, provided it is accepted with thanksgiving;

World English Bible

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

Worrell New Testament

Because every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, when it is received with thanksgiving;

Worsley New Testament

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

κτίσμα 
Ktisma 
Usage: 4

of God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

is good
καλός 
Kalos 
Usage: 62

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

οὐδείς 
Oudeis 
Usage: 160

to be refused
ἀπόβλητος 
Apobletos 
be refused
Usage: 1

if it be received
λαμβάνω 
lambano 
receive, take, have, catch, not tr,
Usage: 178

with
μετά 
meta 
with, after, among, hereafter , afterward , against, not tr,
Usage: 346

Images 1 Timothy 4:4

Context Readings

The Coming Apostasy

4 Anything God has created is good, and nothing is to be tabooed ??provided it is eaten with thanksgiving, 5 for then it is consecrated by the prayer said over it.


Cross References

Romans 14:14

I know, I am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is in itself unclean; only, anything is unclean for a man who considers it unclean.

Acts 11:7-9

Also I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'

Acts 15:20-21

but write them injunctions to abstain from whatever is contaminated by idols, from sexual vice, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from tasting blood;

Acts 15:29

abstain from food that has been offered to idols, from tasting blood, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from sexual vice. Keep clear of all this and you will prosper. Goodbye."

Acts 21:25

As for Gentile believers, we have issued our decision that they must avoid food that has been offered to idols, the taste of blood, flesh of animals that have been strangled, and sexual vice."

Romans 14:20

You must not break down God's work for the mere sake of food! Everything may be clean, but it is wrong for a man to prove a stumbling-block by what he eats;

1 Corinthians 10:23

'All things are lawful'? Yes, but not all are good for us. 'All things are lawful'? Yes, but not all are edifying.

1 Corinthians 10:25

Eat any food that has been sold in the market, instead of letting scruples of conscience oblige you to ask any questions about it;

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