“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 (KJV) |

1 Timothy 4:3

From 1 Timothy 4, in the Book of 1 Timothy (New Testament).

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Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

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Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

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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.

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

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For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

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