디모데전서 4:4 KRV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:4

For every creature of God is good - Greek, “all the creatures, or all that God has created” - πᾶν κτίσμα pan ktisma: that is, as he made it; compare Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:31. It does not mean that every moral agent remains good as long as he is “a creature of God,” but moral agents, human beings and angels, were good as they were made at first; Genesis 1:31. Nor does it mean that all that God has made is good “for every object to which it can be applied.” It is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 4:1-5

The true church; the false teachers (3:14-4:5)Timothy is urged to remind the believers that their behaviour should reflect the character of the church of God to which they belong. That church is not like a heathen temple occupied by some lifeless god, but is the dwelling place of the living God and the upholder of his truth (14-15). This living God (in the words of an early Christian song that Paul quotes) entered the world of human existence in the person of Jesus Christ, who died, rose from... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Timothy 4:4

creature . Greek. ktisma . Here; James 1:18 . Revelation 6:13 ; Revelation 8:9 . nothing . Greek. oudeis . to be refused . Greek. apobletos . Only here. Compare Hebrews 10:35 . if it be = - being. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:4

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:Every creature of God is good ... This is attested by the fact that even those creatures held to be unsuitable for food in some countries are yet considered delicacies in others, as any international market demonstrates.If it be received with thanksgiving ... Thanksgiving at meals is a basic Christian duty, and the same is in view here. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 4:4

4, 5. Translate as Greek, "Because" (expressing a reason resting on an objective fact; or, as here, a Scripture quotation)—"For" (a reason resting on something subjective in the writer's mind). every creature . . . good— (Genesis 1:31; Romans 14:14; Romans 14:20). A refutation by anticipation of the Gnostic opposition to creation: the seeds of which were now lurking latently in the Church. Judaism (Acts 10:11-16; 1 Corinthians 10:25; 1 Corinthians 10:26) was the starting-point of the error as... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 4:1-5

E. The problem of apostasy in the church 4:1-5In this pericope Paul reminded Timothy of the apostasy that Jesus Christ had foretold to equip him to identify and deal with it. [Note: See Barth Campbell, "Rhetorical Design in 1 Timothy 4," Bibliotheca Sacra 154:614 (April-June 1997):189-204.] "1 Timothy 4:1-5 does not begin a new topic. Paul, who has given his instructions on the true understanding of law, grace, and salvation (1 Timothy 1:3 to 1 Timothy 2:7) and on church behavior and leadership... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 4:4-5

Everything God created is good (1 Timothy 4:4; Genesis 1:31). We can abuse God’s good gifts (e.g., fornication and gluttony), but marriage and food are essentially good, and we should enjoy them with thankfulness to God for giving them. Thankfulness is the only condition connected to their use. This verse is not saying that everything is good for us (poisons, pornography, etc.), only that all God has created is essentially good (Genesis 1:31).When we thank God for His good gifts we remember... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 4:1-16

Various Directions and Exhortations1-10. A return to, and emphatic reiteration of, the first charge to Timothy (1 Timothy 1:3-20) against heterodoxy and in favour of true godliness. This form of heterodoxy which he would have to oppose was an asceticism which taught that there was merit in abstaining from meats, and forbade conjugal intercourse as on a lower moral level than celibacy.1. The Spirit speaketh (RV ’saith’)] possibly in some definite prophecy of OT., or of our Lord, or of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Timothy 4:4

(4) For every creature of God is good.—To teach that anything created was unclean would be an insult to the Creator. The very fact of its being His creation is enough. If made by God, then it must be good.And nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.—Every kind of food and drink may become hateful in the eyes of the all-pure God if misused, if partaken of without any sense of gratitude to the Divine giver. But nothing which can be made use of as food ought to be regarded as... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Timothy 4:1-16

1 Timothy 4:2 It is not the suffering, and mutilation, and death of man's body that most needs to be diminished it is the mutilation and death of his soul. Not the Red Cross is needed, but the simple Cross of Christ to destroy falsehood and deception. Tolstoy (preface to Sevastopol). References. IV. 3. Expositor (7th Series), vol. vi. p. 177. IV. 6. Ibid. (5th Series), vol. i. p. 337. IV. 7. W. J. Hocking, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xliv. p. 187. A. Maclaren, Expositions of Holy... read more