1 Timothy 4:4 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

1 Timothy 4:6 These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "creature", "good", "nothing", "rejected", "thanksgiving", and "received". 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 that..." into verse 5's "for it is sanctified through 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.