1 Timothy 4:4 (DBY)

Passage

For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,

1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.

1 Timothy 4:4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;

1 Timothy 4:5 for it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing [him].

1 Timothy 4:6 Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "creature", "good", "nothing", "rejected", "received", and "thanksgiving". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "creature" and "good", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "forbidding to marry bidding to abstain from..." into verse 5's "for it is sanctified by God's word...", so "creature" and "good" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "creature" and "good" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.