1 Timothy 4:4

George Lamsa Translation

For all things created by God are good, nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Parallel Translations

Complete Jewish Bible
For everything created by God is good, and nothing received with thanksgiving needs to be rejected,

Darby Translation
For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;

Hebrew Names Version
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

International Standard Version
For everything God created is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,Romans 14:14,20; 1 Corinthians 10:25; Titus 1:15;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
because every creature of Aloha is good, and nothing to be abominated, if with thanksgiving it be received;

Murdock Translation
Because whatever is created by God is good; and there is nothing which should be rejected if it be received with thankfulness;

American Standard Version
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Bible in Basic English
Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

English Standard Version
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For euery creature of God [is] good, and nothyng to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng.

English Revised Version
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

New Revised Standard
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving;

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

World English Bible
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving.

Amplified Bible
For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

King James Version (1611)
For euery creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For euery creature off God is good, and nothinge to be refused, yt is receaued with thankesgeuynge:

Mace New Testament (1729)
for all that God has created is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it be receiv'd with thanksgiving:

New International Version (1984)
For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

New Century Version
Everything God made is good, and nothing should be refused if it is accepted with thanks,

New English Translation
For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

New American Standard Bible
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

New International Version
For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

New King James Version
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;

Lexham English Bible
because everything created by God is good and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thankfulness,

Literal Translation
Because every creature of God is good, and nothing to be thrust away, but having been received with thanksgiving;

Update Bible Version
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving:

Webster's Bible Translation
For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if received with thanksgiving:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because, every creature of God, is good, and nothing to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:

Revised Standard Version
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For all the creatures of God are good and nothynge to be refused yf it be receaved with thankes gevynge.

New Living Translation
Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks.

New Life Bible
Everything God made is good. We should not put anything aside if we can take it and thank God for it.

Contemporary English Version
Everything God created is good. And if you give thanks, you may eat anything.

Good News Translation
Everything that God has created is good; nothing is to be rejected, but everything is to be received with a prayer of thanks,

Christian Standard Bible®
For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Easy-to-Read Version
Everything that God made is good. Nothing he made should be refused if it is accepted with thanks to him.

Weymouth's New Testament
For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ech creature of God is good, and no thing is to be cast awei, which is takun with doyng of thankyngis;

Young's Literal Translation
because every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Nothing is to be rejected if God made it and a man is thankful for the full belly.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

Contextual Overview

¹ NOW the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, following after misleading spirits, and doctrines of devils. ² Who with false appearance mislead and speak lies and are seared in their own conscience; ³ Who prohibit marriage, and demand abstinence from foods which God has created for use and thanksgiving of those who believe and know the truth. ⁴ For all things created by God are good, nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, ⁵ For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he started to build a village, and named the village after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
And Adah bore Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents, and are owners of cattle.

Genesis 15:17
And it came to pass that when the sun had set and it was dark, behold there appeared a smoking furnace and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.

Exodus 13:12
You shall set apart to the LORD every first-born that opens the womb and every firstling that comes of the animals that you have; the males shall be the LORDS.

Leviticus 9:24
And there came a fire out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar, which all the people saw; they gave praise and fell on their faces.

Numbers 16:35
And there came out a fire from before the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

Numbers 18:12
All the best of the oil and all the best of the wheat and of the wine, the firstfruits of them that they shall give to the LORD, I have given them to you.

Numbers 18:17
But the firstlings of the cattle or the firstlings of the sheep or the firstlings of the goats, you shall not redeem, because they are holy; you shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour to the LORD.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Para cada criatura de Dios es buena - Griego, "todas las criaturas, o todo lo que Dios ha creado" - πᾶν κτίσμα pan ktisma: es decir, como él lo hizo; compare Génesis 1:1, Génesis 1:12, Génesis 1:18, Génesis 1:31. No significa que todo agente moral siga siendo bueno mientras sea "una criatura de Dios", pero los agentes morales, los seres humanos y los ángeles, fueron buenos como se hicieron al principio; Génesis 1:31. Tampoco significa que todo lo que Dios ha hecho es bueno "para cada objeto al que se puede aplicar". Es bueno en su lugar; bueno para el propósito para el que lo hizo. Pero no debe inferirse que una cosa que es venenosa en su naturaleza es buena para la comida, "porque" es una creación de Dios. Es bueno solo en su lugar, y para los fines para los que lo pretendía. Tampoco debe inferirse que lo que Dios ha hecho es necesariamente bueno "después" de que el hombre lo haya pervertido. Como Dios lo hizo originalmente, podría haber sido usado sin lesiones.

Las manzanas y los duraznos se hicieron buenos, y todavía son útiles y apropiados como artículos alimenticios; El centeno y el maíz indio son buenos, y se adaptan admirablemente al apoyo del hombre y la bestia, pero no se deduce que todo lo que el "hombre" pueda hacer de ellos sea necesariamente bueno. Extrae de ellos un líquido venenoso, y luego dice que "toda criatura de Dios es buena y no hay nada que rechazar". ¿Pero es este un uso justo de este pasaje de la Escritura? Es cierto que "son" buenos, "son" para ser recibidos con gratitud tal como los hizo, y aplicados a los usos para los que los diseñó; pero ¿por qué aplicar este pasaje para demostrar que una bebida nociva, que el "hombre" ha extraído de lo que Dios ha hecho, también es buena y buena para todos los propósitos a los que puede aplicarse? Como "Dios" hizo estas cosas, son buenas. Como el hombre los pervierte, ya no es apropiado llamarlos la "creación de Dios", y pueden ser perjudiciales en el más alto grado. Este pasaje, por lo tanto, no debe aducirse para reivindicar el uso de bebidas embriagantes. Según lo empleado por el apóstol, no tenía tal referencia, ni contiene ningún "principio" que pueda recibir adecuadamente dicha aplicación.

Y nada que se rechace - Nada de lo que Dios ha hecho, para los fines para los que lo diseñó. La necesidad del caso, la "exigencia del pasaje", requiere esta interpretación. "No puede" significar que no debemos rechazar el veneno si se nos ofrece en nuestra comida, o que nunca debemos rechazar la comida que nos es perjudicial u ofensiva; ni tampoco puede significar que debemos recibir "todo" que se nos puede ofrecer como bebida. El sentido es que, tal como Dios lo hizo, y para los fines para los que lo diseñó, no debe considerarse malo; o, que es lo mismo, no debe prohibirse como si hubiera mérito en abstenerse de ello. No debe considerarse como un deber religioso abstenerse de la comida que Dios ha designado para el sustento del hombre.

Si se recibe con acción de gracias - vea la nota 1 Corintios 10:31; Efesios 5:2 nota; Filipenses 4:6 nota.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verso 1 Timoteo 4:4 . Porque toda criatura de Dios es buena... Es decir: Toda criatura que Dios ha hecho para el alimento del hombre es buena para ese fin, y debe ser recibida con agradecimiento siempre que sea necesaria para el sustento de la vida humana; y nada de eso debe ser rechazado en ningún momento, ουδεν αποβλητον, rechazado o despreciado. Encontramos un dicho muy parecido en el Timón de Luciano: Ουτοι αποβλητα εισι δωρα τα παρα Διος. Los dones que provienen de Jove no deben ser DESPISADOS. Esto parece haber sido un dicho proverbial entre los paganos.