1 Timothy 4:3-10
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b who forbid marriage and c require abstinence from foods d that God created e to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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For f everything created by God is good, and g nothing is to be rejected if it is e received with thanksgiving,
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for it is made holy h by the word of God and prayer.
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i If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have j followed.
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Have nothing to do with irreverent, k silly myths. Rather l train yourself for godliness;
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for while m bodily training is of some value, godliness n is of value in every way, as o it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
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The saying is p trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.
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For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, q who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
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Daniel 11:37
He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
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Colossians 2:16
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
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Genesis 1:29
And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
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Romans 14:6
The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
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Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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Acts 10:15
And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has made clean, do not call common.
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1 Timothy 4:3
Who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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Genesis 1:25
And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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2 Timothy 3:14 - 15
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
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2 Timothy 3:10
You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness.
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1 Timothy 1:4
Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
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Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
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Colossians 2:23
These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
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1 Timothy 6:6
Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment.
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Proverbs 19:23
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Proverbs 22:4
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Matthew 6:33
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Mark 10:30
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1 Peter 3:9
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1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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1 Timothy 2:4
Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
John 4:42
They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.
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