Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Timothy 4:4
(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 doctrine.
(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 doctrine.
Verse 1 Timothy 4:4. _FOR EVERY CREATURE OF GOD_ IS _GOOD_] That is: Every creature which God has made for man's nourishment is good for that purpose, and to be thankfully received whenever necessary...
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,...
IV. CONCERNING THE LATTER-DAY APOSTASY CHAPTER 4 _ 1. What the Spirit has predicted (1 Timothy 4:1)_ 2. The remedies against apostasy (1 Timothy 4:6) 1 Timothy 4:1 The mystery of godliness h
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_. TIMOTHYS ATTITUDE TO ERROR....
The Spirit clearly says that in the later times some will desert from the faith, through paying attention to spirits who can do nothing but lead them astray, and to teachings which come from the demon...
THE SERVICE OF GOD OR THE SERVICE OF SATAN (1 Timothy 4:1-5)...
CREATURE. Greek. _ktisma_. Here; James 1:18; Revelation 6:13; Revelation 8:9. NOTHING. Greek. _oudeis_. TO BE REFUSED. Greek. _apobletos_. Only here. Compare...
_every creature of God is good_ Creation in all its parts is meant, everything made by God; for this use of the word -creature" from Lat. _creatura_compare the Communion Office in the Prayer-Book, -re...
4, 5. RESTATEMENT AND FURTHER JUSTIFICATION OF THE PRECEDING PRINCIPLE...
ὍΤΙ. This is not to be taken specially in connexion with ἀλήθειαν, but with the whole of the preceding statement—_because_. ΠΑ͂Ν ΚΤΊΣΜΑ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ΚΑΛΌΝ. _Every creature of God is good_. See Genesis 1:31;...
III. THE DANGERS OF THE FUTURE. 1–6...
ΚΤΊΣΜΑ (G2938) творение, создание, АΠΌΒΛΗΤΟΣ (G579) быть отброшенным, отвергнутым. Отглагольное _adj._ имеет здесь пассивное значение (RW)....
IV. FALSE TEACHERS 4:1-16 1. THEIR COMING 1 Timothy 4:5 _TEXT 4:1-5_ 1 But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and d...
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: [ Hoti (G3754) ... gar (G1063)] 'Because' (a reason resting on the objective fact which Scripture...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
1 The signs of the last days are all present with us now. The teaching of deceiving spirits and demons has become one of the great and popular cults of the day. Their deception seems chiefly to take t...
VARIOUS DIRECTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS 1-10. A return to, and emphatic reiteration of, the first charge to Timothy (1 Timothy 1:3) against heterodoxy and in favour of true godliness. This form of hetero...
If we partake of food and accept other such blessings with gratitude to the Giver, which naturally shows itself in words of thanksgiving, that food and those blessings are thereby hallowed to us; so t...
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS (4:1-5) V1 The Spirit clearly says that in the last days some people will turn from the *faith...
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_ b...
ὅτι πᾶν κτίσμα : This is the proof of the preceding statement, consisting of (_a_) a plain reference to Genesis 1:31, (_b_) a no less clear echo of our Lord's teaching, Mark 7:15 (Acts 10:15), also re...
Over against the future triumph of the truth, assured to us by the finished work of Christ, we must set the opposition, grievous at present, of the Spirit of error. His attacks have been foreseen by t...
REJECT FALSE AND FOOLISH TEACHING 1 Timothy 4:1 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. Notwithstan...
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 which...
THE COMING APOSTASY Despite the fact that Jesus had been fully shown to be Lord, the Spirit plainly revealed to Paul a coming apostasy. At some time in the future, Paul said some would abandon or dese...
(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 th...
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
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 arguments. S...
But there would be some who departed from the faith, from this knowledge of the one Creator and Saviour-God Him who was manifested in the flesh. They would attack precisely these points which we have...
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 be d...
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 the...
EVERY CREATURE; which God hath made for food is good for food, and not to be abstained from, but to be eaten with gratitude to God the giver....
THE FALSE DOCTRINES OF THE LAST DAYS AND THEIR REFUTATION....
FOR EVERY CREATURE OF GOD IS GOOD, AND NOTHING TO BE REFUSED, IF IT BE RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING;...
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 so...
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 1. Every creature - Does this include insects, worms, etc.? Is there anything in the animal kingd...
“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...
1-5 The Holy Spirit, both in the Old and the New Testament, spoke of a general turning from the faith of Christ, and the pure worship of God. This should come during the Christian dispensation, for t...
FOR EVERY CREATURE OF GOD IS GOOD; not only good in itself, as all was which God made, GENESIS 1:1, but lawful to be used, pure, TITUS 1:15, there is no uncleanness in it. AND NOTHING TO BE REFUSED; a...
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II and (as we know) permitted? Are there not some who prohibit to themselves (the use of) the very "creature of God,"[93] Origen Against Celsus Book VIII When...
1 Timothy 4:4 For G3754 every G3956 creature G2938 God G2316 good G2570 and G2532 nothing G3762 refused G579 receive
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 first. B...
1 Timothy 4:4. GOOD. THE HIGHER WORD (καλόν, _excellent,_ not ἀ γαθόν) is used in the Greek, as in the LXX. of Genesis 1, and with a manifest reference to that history. The repetition of the clause ...
CREATURE (κτισμα). Late word from κτιζω, result of creating. See Genesis 1:31; Mark 7:15; Romans 14:14 for the idea stated.TO BE REJECTED (αποβλητον). Old verbal adjective in passive sense from απ...
CONTENTS: Walk of a good minister of Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy. CONCLUSION: Those are good ministers of Jesus Christ who are diligent to instil into the minds of the...
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 2:1....
EVERYTHING. This points back to Genesis 1:31. See what Jesus said in Matthew 15:10-20. This shows that all dietary rules have been repealed, especially those of the Law....
_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 creature o...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 4:3 Paul reveals some of the content of the false teaching. Questions about FOODS and MARRIAGE were significant issues elsewhere in Paul’s letters (see...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 4:1 Identifying the False Teaching. After his celebration of the spread of the gospel (1 Timothy 3:16), Paul returns to the false teachin
_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 Timoth...
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);_ _only here...
Ver. 4. _Because everything made by God_ (this is better than _every creature of God_, as _creature_ seems to point too definitely to animated being, while by κτίσμα creation in all its parts is meant...
Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils (1 Timothy 4:1); Here Paul speaks of a departure fr...
1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 10:25; Acts 11:7; Acts 15:20;...
Creature [κ τ ι σ μ α]. Not in Paul. See James 1:18; Revelation 5:13; Revelation 8:9. A created thing. For ktisiv creation or creature, frequent in Paul, see on...
Here our apostle assigns. reason why Christians are not forbidden under the gospel to abstain from particular meats, namely, because the distinction of meats (clean and unclean) is taken away, and eve...