1 Timothy 4:4 (DRB)

Passage

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving:

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy and having their conscience seared,

1 Timothy 4:3 Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and by them that have known the truth.

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

1 Timothy 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

1 Timothy 4:6 These things proposing to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which thou hast attained unto.

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 to abstain from meats..." into verse 5's "For it is sanctified by the 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.