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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Timothy 4:5

because the word of God and prayer make it holy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Commandments;   Food;   Gifts from God;   Minister, Christian;   Prayer;   Thankfulness;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Goodness;   Last Days;   Sanctification;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gifts of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Thankfulness, Thanksgiving;   Timothy, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Grace at Meals;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   John the Apostle;   Timothy, the First Epistle to;   Timothy, the Second Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Affliction;   Joy;   Sanctification;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   1 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Church Government;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Drunkenness;   Intercession;   Intercession ;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Animals, Clean and Unclean;   Intercession;   Sanctification;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Sanctification;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
King James Version (1611)
For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.
King James Version
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
English Standard Version
for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.
New American Standard Bible
for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.
New Century Version
because it is made holy by what God has said and by prayer.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.
Legacy Standard Bible
for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Berean Standard Bible
because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Contemporary English Version
What God has said and your prayer will make it fit to eat.
Darby Translation
for it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing [him].
Easy-to-Read Version
Everything he created is made holy by what he has said and by prayer.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For it is sanctified by the worde of God, and prayer.
George Lamsa Translation
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Good News Translation
because the word of God and the prayer make it acceptable to God.
Lexham English Bible
for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.
Literal Translation
for through God's Word and supplication it is sanctified.
Amplified Bible
for it is sanctified [set apart, dedicated to God] by means of the word of God and prayer.
American Standard Version
for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Bible in Basic English
For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
Hebrew Names Version
For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
International Standard Version
because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Etheridge Translation
for it is sanctified by the word of Aloha, and by prayer.
Murdock Translation
for it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer.
English Revised Version
for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
World English Bible
For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
Weymouth's New Testament
For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for it is halewid bi the word of God, and bi preyer.
Update Bible Version
for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Webster's Bible Translation
For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.
New English Translation
For it is sanctified by God's word and by prayer.
New King James Version
for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
New Living Translation
For we know it is made acceptable by the word of God and prayer.
New Life Bible
It is made holy by the Word of God and prayer.
New Revised Standard
for it is sanctified by God's word and by prayer.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For it is hallowed by the word of God and intercession,
Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Revised Standard Version
for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For it is sanctyfyed by the worde of God and prayer.
Young's Literal Translation
for it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for it is sanctifyed by the worde of God and prayer.
Mace New Testament (1729)
since it is sanctified by the divine permission, and by prayer.
Simplified Cowboy Version
God's word and a cowboy's prayer can make anything holy.

Contextual Overview

1 The Spirit expressly states that in the acharit-hayamim some people will apostatize from the faith by paying attention to deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come from the hypocrisy of liars whose own consciences have been burned, as if with a red-hot branding iron. 3 They forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods which God created to be eaten with thanksgiving by those who have come to trust and to know the truth. 4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing received with thanksgiving needs to be rejected, 5 because the word of God and prayer make it holy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

it: 1 Timothy 4:3, Luke 11:41, 1 Corinthians 7:14, Titus 1:15

the: Luke 4:4

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 8:10 - thou hast Matthew 14:19 - he blessed Matthew 15:11 - that which goeth Mark 6:41 - blessed Luke 9:16 - he blessed Luke 22:17 - gave John 6:11 - when Acts 11:9 - What Acts 15:20 - things

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood at your hands.
Genesis 31:2
He also saw that Lavan regarded him differently than before.
Genesis 31:5
He said to them, "I see by the way your father looks that he feels differently toward me than before; but the God of my father has been with me.
Numbers 16:15
Moshe was very angry and said to Adonai , "Don't accept their grain offering! I haven't taken one donkey from them, I've done nothing wrong to any of them."
Job 5:2
For anger kills the fool, and envy slays the silly.
Psalms 20:3
May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Tziyon.
Matthew 20:15
Haven't I the right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?'
Acts 13:45
but when the Jews who had not believed saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and spoke up against what Sha'ul was saying and insulted him.
Hebrews 11:4
By trusting , Hevel offered a greater sacrifice than Kayin; because of this, he was attested as righteous, with God giving him this testimony on the ground of his gifts. Through having trusted , he still continues to speak, even though he is dead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For it is sanctified,.... Or set apart for use, and may be lawfully used at all times:

by the word of God; which declares that there is nothing in itself common, or unclean, or unfit for use, and that nothing that goes into a man defiles him; so that by virtue of this word of God, every creature may be made use of, that is fit for food: or else this designs the word of God, which gives a blessing to what is eaten; for it is not by bread or meat only, but through the word of God commanding a blessing on what is eaten, that man lives, Matthew 4:4 and therefore this blessing upon our food should be asked for: wherefore it follows,

and prayer; this being used before eating for a blessing on the food, and after it, in a way of thanksgiving for it, sanctifies every creature of God, or gives men a free use of any, or all of them. So the Israelites, when they had eaten, and were full, were to bless the Lord, Deuteronomy 8:10. And thus our Lord Jesus Christ, at meals, used to take the food, and bless it or ask a blessing on it, Matthew 14:19. And so did the Essenes among the Jews h, and the Christians in Tertullian's i time; and the practice is highly necessary and commendable, nor ought it to be disused.

h Porphyr. de Abstinentia, l. 4. sect. 12. i Apolog. c. 39.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For it is sanctified by the word of God - By the authority or permission of God. It would be profane or unholy if he had forbidden it; it is made holy or proper for our use by his permission, and no command of “man” can make it unholy or improper; compare Genesis 1:29; Genesis 9:3.

And prayer - If it is partaken of with prayer. By prayer we are enabled to receive it with gratitude, and everything that we eat or drink may thus be made a means of grace.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Timothy 4:5. For it is sanctified by the word of God — δια λογου θεου. By the command of God; probably referring to Genesis 1:29: And God said, I have given you every herb-and every tree-to you it shall be for meat; and Genesis 9:3: Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things; i.e. I have given you every animal that is proper for food, as I have given you every herb and fruit proper for nourishment. Therefore, all this was sanctified, set apart, and appropriated to this use by this command. And when man is about to use it, he is to sanctify or set it apart to that use by prayer to God,

1. That it may "answer the end to us for which it was designed;

2. That we may use it with gratitude and moderation;

3. That all the strength derived from it may be devoted to God, in filling up the duties of those situations in which his providence has placed us.

Those who thank not God for their food, and pray not for his blessing in the use of it, are unworthy even of a morsel of bread, and of the breath they breathe. Bishop Newton's opinion of this prophecy I have reserved to the end of this chapter.


 
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