1 Timothy 4:3 (YLT)

Passage

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 4:1 And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

1 Timothy 4:2 in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

1 Timothy 4:4 because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

1 Timothy 4:5 for it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "created", "forbidding", "marry--to", "abstain", "meats", "received", "thanksgiving", and "believing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "created" and "forbidding", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "in hypocrisy speaking lies being seared in..." into verse 4's "because every creature of God FI is...", so "created" and "forbidding" 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 "created" and "forbidding" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.