1 Timothy 4:4 (GNV)

Passage

For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:2 Which speake lies through hypocrisie, and haue their cosciences burned with an hote yron,

1 Timothy 4:3 Forbidding to marrie, and commanding to abstaine from meates which God hath created to be receiued with giuing thankes of them which beleeue and knowe the trueth.

1 Timothy 4:4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing.

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

1 Timothy 4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of faith, and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually followed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "euery", "creature", "good", "nothing", "ought", "refused", "receiued", and "thankesgiuing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "euery" and "creature", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Forbidding to marrie and commanding to abstaine..." into verse 5's "For it is sanctified by the worde...", so "euery" and "creature" 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 "euery" and "creature" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.