1 Timothy 4:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 4:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forbidding to marry - That is, “They will depart from the faith through the hypocritical teaching - of those who forbid to marry;” see notes on 1 Timothy 4:2 . This does not necessarily mean tha...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, (4) which God hath created (5) to be received (6) with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. (3) He sets down two ty...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 4:1 to 1 Timothy 6:2 a. The Charge respecting Timothy's own Behaviour within the Church. ( a ) 1 Timothy 4:1-16 . Timothys Attitude to Error. 1 Timothy 4:1-5 . The False...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Forbidding to marry . This has been taken as indicating the Church of Rome, but that church only enjoins the celibacy of priests and monks and nuns. Spiritism, or the teaching of demons, enjoins bei...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 Forbidding to marry. Having described the class, he next mentions two instances, (71) namely, the prohibition of marriage and of some kinds of food. They arise from that hypocrisy which, h...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Forbidding to marry - These hypocritical...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Forbidding to marry, &c.— VI. This is a farther character of the promoters of this apostacy: the same hypocritical liars, who would promote the worship of demons, would also prohibit lawful mar...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Sensuality leads to false spiritual...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Various Directions and Exhortations 1-10. A return to, and emphatic reiteration of, the first charge to Timothy ( 1 Timothy 1:3-20 ) against heterodoxy and in favour of true godliness. This form o...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Forbidding to marry. — This strange and unnatural “counsel of perfection,” St. Paul, thinking and writing in the Spirit, looked forward to as a perilous delusion which would, as time went on, grow...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Reject False and Foolish Teaching 1 Timothy 4:1-8 We have here the Apostle's forecast of the last times, i.e ., the condition in which men will find themselves as the age draws to a close. Not...
1 Timothy 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus dealt with the Church, the apostle showed Timothy how he was to fulfil his responsibility. He had a duty toward the truth, and therefore toward the Church. In order to correct errors whic...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (2) Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having t...
1 Timothy 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Forbidding to marry ,.... Which points out not the Encratites, Montanists, and Manichees, who spoke against marriage; but the Papists, who forbid it to their priests under a pretence of purity and h...
1 Timothy 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 3. Forbidding to marry ] Papist...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Forbidding to marry The same hypocritical liars, who should promote the worship of demons, should also prohibit lawful marriage. This false morality was very early introduced into the church, being...
1 Timothy 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The solemn warning here is in startling contrast to the preciousness of what we have considered as to God manifest in flesh. How cold is the heart of man that he will turn deliberately from a faith s...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Apostasy Foretold; Christian Liberty. A. D. 64. 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in t...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Forbidding to marry: the Greek is, hindering to marry, but that might be by forbidding it by a law under a severe penalty. There are great disputes whom the apostle speaketh of, to find out which i...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Now Gives A More Detailed Account of What Timothy's Ministry Will Involve ( 1 Timothy 4:1 to 1 Timothy 6:10 ). It is interesting how much the second half of this letter is patterned on the...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Timothy 4:1 . Doctrines of devils. —The term “devils” seems to give the spirit of the apostle’s meaning more accurately than the more literal “demons” would. 1...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 4:1 . Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, “learnedly, openly, perspicuously, and not in shadows, as was the manner of the ancient prophets.” THEOPHYLACT. See the note on 2 Thessalonians...
1 Timothy 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times. A great heresy “The Spirit” referred to is unquestionably the Holy Spirit of God, who had been promised to the Church as its abiding...
1 Timothy 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Timothy 4:1 But for now , A.V.; saith for speaketh , A.V.; later for the latter , A.V.; fall away for depart , A.V. The Spirit saith expressly (ῥητῶς);...
1 Timothy 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The False Doctrines of the Last Days and Their Refutation.
1 Timothy 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:30 ; 1 Corinthians 10:31 ; 1 Corinthians 6:13 ; 1 Corinthians 7:28 ; 1 Corinthians 7:36-39 ; 1 Corinthians 8:8 ; 1 Samuel 9:13 ; 1 Timothy 2:4 ; 1 Timothy 4:4 ; 2 Thessalon...
1 Timothy 4:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Forbidding priests, monks, and nuns to marry, and commanding all men to abstain from such and such meats at such and such times. Which God hath created to be received by them that know the truth —...

1 Timothy 4:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Timothy 4:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Timothy 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Timothy 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Timothy 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Timothy 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Timothy 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Timothy 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Timothy 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Timothy 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 4:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes