1 Timothy 4:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 They forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.(A) 4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected when received with thanksgiving,(B) 5 for it is made holy by the invocation of God in prayer.[a]
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- 4:5 The invocation of God in prayer: literally, “the word of God and petition.” The use of “word of God” without an article in Greek suggests that it refers to the name of God being invoked in blessing rather than to the “word of God” proclaimed to the community.
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