1 Timothy 4:5 (YLT)

Passage

for it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.

Nearby Context

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,

1 Timothy 4:7 and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "intercession", "sanctified", "through", and "word". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "intercession" and "sanctified", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "because every creature of God FI is..." into verse 6's "These things placing before the brethren thou...", so "intercession" and "sanctified" 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 "intercession" and "sanctified" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.