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They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creation of God is good and no food[a] is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. For it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:4 tn Grk “nothing.”

They forbid people to marry(A) and order them to abstain from certain foods,(B) which God created(C) to be received with thanksgiving(D) by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good,(E) and nothing is to be rejected(F) if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God(G) and prayer.

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