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1 Timothy 4:3

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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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  1. 1 Timothy 4:1

    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;

  2. 1 Timothy 4:2

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

  3. 1 Timothy 4:4

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

  4. 1 Timothy 4:5

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.