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

“ For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: ”

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

For every creature of God is good - Greek, “all the creatures, or all that God has created” - πᾶν κτίσμα pan ktisma: that is, as he made it; compare Genesis 1:10 , Genesis 1:12 , Genesis...
1 Timothy 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: (7) He sets an apostolic rule for taking away the difference of meats, against that false doc...
1 Timothy 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

creature . Greek. ktisma . Here; James 1:18 ; Revelation 6:13 ; Revelation 8:9 . nothing . Greek. oudeis . to be refused . Greek. apobletos . Only here. Compare Hebrews 10:35 . if it be...
1 Timothy 4:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 For every creature of God is good The use of food must be judged, partly from its substance, and partly from the person of him who eats it. The Apostle therefore avails himself of both arg...
1 Timothy 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For every creature of God is good - That is: Every creature which God has made for man's nourishme...
1 Timothy 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: х Hoti ( G3754 ) ... gar ( G1063 )] 'Because' (a reason resting on the objective fac...
1 Timothy 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For every creature of God is good. — To teach that anything created was unclean would be an insult to the Creator. The very fact of its being His creation is enough. If made by God, then it must...
1 Timothy 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For every creature of God is good ,.... For food; and should be taken and used for that purpose, at all times, without distinction; even every creature which is made for food, and which is easy to b...
1 Timothy 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: Ver. 4. If it be received with thanksgiving ] While we taste the sweetness of the Creator in t...
1 Timothy 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

For every creature of God is good; not only good in itself, as all was which God made, Genesis 1:1-31 , but lawful to be used, pure, Titus 1:15 , there is no uncleanness in it. And nothing t...
1 Timothy 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

For every creature of God is good. Our charter of freedom In meeting the heresy which he foresaw, the apostle asserted one of the noblest principles in our heritage as Christians: “Every creatu...
1 Timothy 4:4 - 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 4:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

1 Corinthians 10:23 ; 1 Corinthians 10:25 ; Acts 11:7-9 ; Acts 15:20 ; Acts 15:21 ; Acts 15:29 ; Acts 21:25 ; Deuteronomy 32:4 ; Genesis 1:31 ; Romans 14:14 ; Romans 14:20

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

1 Timothy 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 Timothy 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 Timothy 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Timothy 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

1 Timothy 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge