1 Timothy 4:5

Good News Translation

because the word of God and the prayer make it acceptable to God.

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.

Complete Jewish Bible
because the word of God and prayer make it holy.

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.

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 says clearly that some people will abandon the faith in later times; they will obey lying spirits and follow the teachings of demons. ² Such teachings are spread by deceitful liars, whose consciences are dead, as if burnt with a hot iron. ³ Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth. ⁴ Everything that God has created is good; nothing is to be rejected, but everything is to be received with a prayer of thanks, ⁵ because the word of God and the prayer make it acceptable to God.

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
Then the Lord said, "Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.

Genesis 4:11
You are placed under a curse and can no longer farm the soil. It has soaked up your brother's blood as if it had opened its mouth to receive it when you killed him.

Genesis 31:2
He also saw that Laban was no longer as friendly as he had been earlier.

Genesis 31:5
He said to them, "I have noticed that your father is not as friendly toward me as he used to be; but my father's God has been with me.

Numbers 16:15
Moses became angry and said to the Lord , "Do not accept any offerings these men bring. I have not wronged any of them; I have not even taken one of their donkeys."

Job 5:2
To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.

Psalms 20:3
May he accept all your offerings and be pleased with all your sacrifices.

Matthew 20:15
Don't I have the right to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?'"

Acts 13:45
When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; they disputed what Paul was saying and insulted him.

Hebrews 11:4
It was faith that made Abel offer to God a better sacrifice than Cain's. Through his faith he won God's approval as a righteous man, because God himself approved of his gifts. By means of his faith Abel still speaks, 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.