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NASB | 1 Timothy 4:3 men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 4:3 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. |
Bible Question: I was curious if anyone could give me some insight into 1 Timothy 4:3. I was wondering if it is talking about literal food that we eat , or the meat of the word. |
Bible Answer: Hi scottg007, Welcome to the forum. I would say that verse 3 talks about literal food, and marriage and the desire to believe and know the truth about those things. But verse 4 and the context of the book is talking about "everything created by God is good". 1 Timothy 2:7 would have us know the truth in (Christ). See the NKJ. 1 Timothy 3:16 would have us know that Jesus came in the flesh but was vindicated in the Spirit. So the context is that we should view all things with a good, discerning spirit rather than a deceitful spirit; being aware of the hypocrisy of liars; sharing all good things with each other. 1 Timothy 4:4, "For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude; 5 for it is sanctified by means of the word of **God and prayer. 6 In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of *Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following." John 8:31, "(Jesus) therefore was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you abide in **My word, then you are truly disciples of *Mine; 32 and you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free." The capitalized Truth is my interpretation of the passage. The parentheses and ** are mine for comparisons. I hope this helps. From the heart, Ray |
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