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forbidding to marry -- to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

because every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

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

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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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