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1 Timothy 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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 4:3Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 4:318 words
GreekMeaning
κωλυόντωνkōlyontōn
forbiddingverbG2967
γαμεῖνgamein
to marryverbG1060
ἀπέχεσθαιapechesthai
commanding to abstainverbG568
βρωμάτωνbrōmatōn
from foodsnounG1033
ha
thatrelative pronounG3739
ho
thearticleG3588
θεὸςtheos
GodnounG2316
ἔκτισενektisen
createdverbG2936
εἰςeis
forprepositionG1519
μετάλημψινmetalēmpsin
receptionnounG3336
μετὰmeta
withprepositionG3326
εὐχαριστίαςeucharistias
thanksgivingnounG2169
τοῖςtois
by thearticleG3588
πιστοῖςpistois
faithfuladjectiveG4103
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐπεγνωκόσιepegnōkosi
by those already knowingverbG1921
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἀλήθειανalētheian
truthnounG225
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 4:3

As those who adhere to the faith are fixed on a safe anchor, so those who fall from the faith can nowhere rest; but after many wanderings to and fro, they are borne at last into the very gulf of perdition. And this he had shown before, saying, that some had “already made shipwreck concerning the faith,” and now he says, “Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits.” This is said of the Manichæans,…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 12 on First Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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