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Mark Dunagan Commentaries

1 Timothy 4:4

“For everything created by God is good”: Genesis 1:31; Mark 7:19; Acts 10:15. “Good” in the sense of being excellent in its nature.

The above statement does not mean that the Christian can partake of Cocaine or Marijuana. There are things that God created as good, but which have been perverted by man or perverted in their use. Drugs have. use, but not for recreational purposes.

1 Timothy 4:4 “And nothing is to be rejected: That is despised, cast away, or counted as unclean. “When men reject that which is God's creation, and intended for their own, they only reveal their ignorance and willfulness” (Hiebert p. 79).

1 Timothy 4:4 “If it is received with gratitude”: Consider the example of Jesus on this point (Luke 9:16; Luke 22:17), as well as Paul (Acts 27:35). “In everything give thanks” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

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