1 Timothy 4:3
1 Timothy · New Testament · Chapter 4
“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.”1 Timothy 4:3
What Does 1 Timothy 4:3 Mean?
1 Timothy 4:3 is found in the book of 1 Timothy, chapter 4, verse 3 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Timothy 4:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Timothy 4:4“For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:”Hebrews 13:4“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”Romans 14:6“He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.”Genesis 9:3“Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.”1 Corinthians 8:8“But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.”1 Corinthians 10:30“For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?”Colossians 2:16“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:”Colossians 2:21“(Touch not; taste not; handle not;”Acts 10:15“And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.”Titus 1:15“Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.”Romans 14:3“Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.”1 Corinthians 7:28“But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.”Colossians 3:17“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”Hebrews 13:9“Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.”Acts 10:13“And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.”1 Corinthians 7:2“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”Colossians 2:20“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,”Colossians 2:23“Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.”1 Timothy 4:5“For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”Ecclesiastes 5:18“Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.”
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