1 Timothy 4:5
New International Version
because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

New Living Translation
For we know it is made acceptable by the word of God and prayer.

English Standard Version
for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

Berean Standard Bible
because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Berean Literal Bible
for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

King James Bible
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

New King James Version
for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

New American Standard Bible
for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.

NASB 1995
for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.

NASB 1977
for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.

Legacy Standard Bible
for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Amplified Bible
for it is sanctified [set apart, dedicated to God] by means of the word of God and prayer.

Christian Standard Bible
since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

American Standard Version
for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

Contemporary English Version
What God has said and your prayer will make it fit to eat.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

English Revised Version
for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The word of God and prayer set it apart as holy.

Good News Translation
because the word of God and the prayer make it acceptable to God.

International Standard Version
because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

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

Majority Standard Bible
because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

New American Bible
for it is made holy by the invocation of God in prayer.

NET Bible
For it is sanctified by God's word and by prayer.

New Revised Standard Version
for it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.

New Heart English Bible
For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

Webster's Bible Translation
For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.

Weymouth New Testament
For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.

World English Bible
For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

Young's Literal Translation
for it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.

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Context
Warnings against False Teachers
4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, 5because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 6By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.…

Cross References
Genesis 1:25
God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day.

Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.


Treasury of Scripture

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

it.

1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Luke 11:41
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

1 Corinthians 7:14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

the.

Luke 4:4
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

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1 Timothy 4
1. He foretells that in the latter times there shall be a departure from the faith.
6. And to the end that Timothy might not fail in doing his duty, he furnishes him with various precepts.














(5) For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.--Not only are all created things to be considered pure, and not lightly to be put aside; but in the sight of God "every creature" is holy when received as His gift with thanksgiving and with prayer--such thanksgiving-prayer containing thoughts in exact accordance with the Spirit of God revealed in Scripture. Thus all food is sanctified, not only, or even chiefly, by the common formula of a Christian grace before meat. This too often degenerates into a mere form of words--into lip-service of the most heartless form--and is too often looked upon as a kind of religious charm. The sanctification referred to by St. Paul belongs to no one prayer or grace, but to the constant habit of referring everything to God as the giver of all--to the perpetual "office" of a devout heart which, taking everything as a gift from God, the lover and the friend of man, thanks God from the heart continually.

One, if not the oldest, form of a Christian grace before meat is the one found in the Apostolic Constitutions. It is very simple and beautiful, and perhaps not too long for daily use. It runs as follows: "Blessed be Thou, O Lord, who nourisheth men from very youth up, who givest meat to all flesh; fill our hearts with joy and gladness, so that we, always enjoying a sufficiency, may abound unto every good work in Christ Jesus our Lord, through whom be ascribed to Thee glory, honour, and power unto the ages. Amen."

Verse 5. - Through for by, A.V. It is sanctified through the Word of God. Considerable difference of opinion prevails among commentators as to the precise meaning of this verse, especially of the phrase, "the Word of God." Some refer to Gem 1:4, 10, 12, etc.; others to Genesis 1:29; Genesis 9:4, as containing the original grant of meats for the use of man; others to the scriptural phrases embodied in the words of the ἐντεύξις, the prayer of thanksgiving. Another possible reference would be to the Word of God recorded in Acts 10:13, 15, 28, by which that which had previously been unclean was now made clean or holy; or, lastly, it might mean "the blessing of God" given in answer to the "prayer" on each occasion, which suits well the present tense, ἁγιάζετι. Prayer (ἐντευξις; see 1 Timothy 2:1, note).

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Greek
because
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

it is sanctified
ἁγιάζεται (hagiazetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 37: From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate.

by
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

[the] word
λόγου (logou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.

of God
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

prayer.
ἐντεύξεως (enteuxeōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1783: From entugchano; an interview, i.e. supplication.


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