King James Version
1 Timothy 4:5 in the King James Version says “For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.” — study this verse from 1 Timothy chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”
1 Timothy 4:5 · KJV
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“it is sanctified”
G37to make holy, i.e., (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“the word”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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