1 Timothy 4:5

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

For it is hallowed by the word of God and intercession,

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.

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.

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 Howbeit, the Spirit, expressly saith - that, in later seasons, some will revolt from the faith, giving heed unto seducing spirits, and unto teachings of demons - ² in hypocrisy, speaking falsehood, of demons cauterised in their own conscience, - ³ Forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally know the truth; ⁴ Because, every creature of God, is good, and nothing to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received, - ⁵ For it is hallowed by the word of God and intercession,

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
And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,

Genesis 4:11
Now therefore, accursed, art thou, - from the ground which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed-blood of thy brother at thy hand.

Genesis 31:2
And Jacob looked upon the face of Laban, - and lo! it was not with him as afore-time.

Genesis 31:5
and said to them, Beholding, am I the face of your father, that it is not towards me as aforetime, - nevertheless, the God of my father, hath been with me;

Numbers 16:15
Then was Moses very angry, and he said unto Yahweh, Do not thou have respect unto their meal-offering. Not one ass, from them, have I taken, neither have I wronged one of them.

Job 5:2
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.

Psalms 20:3
Remember every present of thine, and, thine ascending-sacrifice, esteem. Selah.

Matthew 20:15
Is it not allowed me to do, what I please, with my own? or is, thine eye, evil, because I good?

Acts 13:45
But, the Jews, seeing, the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, - and began speaking against the things which, by Paul, were being spoken, defaming them.

Hebrews 11:4
By faith, a fuller sacrifice, did Abel, offer unto God, than Cain, - through which, he received witness that he was righteous, there being a witnessing upon his gifts, by God; and, through it, though he died, he yet is speaking.

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.