1 Timothy 4:3

The Coming Apostasy

² and the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron. ³ They will try to stop people from marrying and from eating certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. ⁴ For everything God created is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Abstain from

Give Thanks

God Created

God Made

Have Faith

Know the Truth

Knowledge of the Truth

Received with Thanksgiving

Romans 14:6

The one who observes a special day, observes it to honor the Lord. The one who eats, eats to honor the Lord, since he gives thanks to God. And the one who does not eat, refrains from eating to honor the Lord; yet he, too, gives thanks to God.

Genesis 9:3

"Every living, moving creature will be food for you. Just as I gave you green plants before, so now you have everything.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be kept honorable in every way, and the marriage bed undefiled. For God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.

Colossians 2:16

Therefore, let no one judge you in matters of food and drink or with respect to a festival, a New Moon, or Sabbath days.

Daniel 11:37

He'll recognize neither the gods of his ancestors nor those desired by women he won't recognize any god, because he'll exalt himself above everything.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you do get married, you have not sinned. And if a virgin gets married, she has not sinned. However, these people will experience trouble in this life, and I want to spare you from that.

1 Corinthians 7:36-39

If a man thinks he is not behaving properly toward his virgin, and if his passion is so strong that he feels he ought to marry her, let him do what he wants; he isn't sinning. Let them get married.

1 Corinthians 8:8

However, food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat food that has been offered to an idol, and no better off if we do.

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, whether by speech or action, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

1 Timothy 4:4

For everything God created is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

Genesis 1:29-30

God also told them, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant that grows throughout the earth, along with every tree that grows seed-bearing fruit. They will produce your food.

1 Samuel 9:13

When you come into town you can find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people don't eat until he arrives, because he must bless the sacrifice and then after that those who are invited will eat. So go up right now because you can find him now."

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Look! I observed that it is good and prudent to eat, drink, and enjoy all that is good of a person's work that he does on earth during the limited days of his life, which God gives him, for this is his allotment.

Matthew 14:19

Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

Matthew 15:36

he took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks. Then he broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

Luke 24:30

While he was at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed it, broke it in pieces, and gave it to them.

John 6:23

Other small boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

John 8:31-32

So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.

Acts 10:13-15

Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it."

Acts 27:35

After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.

Romans 14:3

The person who eats any kind of food must not ridicule the person who does not eat them, and the person who does not eat certain foods must not criticize the person who eats them, for God has accepted him.

Romans 14:17

For God's kingdom does not consist of food and drink, but of righteousness, peace, and joy produced by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food, but God will make them both unnecessary. The body is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 10:30-31

If I eat with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of what I am thankful for?

Colossians 2:20-23

If you have died with the Messiah to the basic principles of the world, why are you submitting to its decrees as though you still lived in the world?

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through faith in the truth.

1 Timothy 2:4

who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully.

Hebrews 13:9

Stop being carried away by all kinds of unusual teachings, for it is good that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by food laws that have never helped those who follow them.