by the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience, who forbid marrying and insist on abstaining from foods that God created for sharing in with thankfulness by those who believe and who know the truth, because everything created by God is good and nothing is to be rejected if it is[a] received with thankfulness,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 4:4 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“received”) which is understood as conditional

Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.(A) They forbid people to marry(B) and order them to abstain from certain foods,(C) which God created(D) to be received with thanksgiving(E) by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good,(F) and nothing is to be rejected(G) if it is received with thanksgiving,

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