1 Timothy 4:5

Modern

…because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Traditional

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Literal

…for it is sanctified by the word of God and intercession.

Latin

…sanctificatur enim per verbum Dei, et orationem.

Greek

English

…because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Paul’s plain teaching contrasts with the false teachings he criticizes (3:16).

This section explains how Timothy should spend his time until Paul arrives (3:14–15; 4:13).

Theme notes and profiles

1 Timothy 4:3
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Luke 4:4
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
1 Corinthians 7:14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
Luke 11:41
But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
Genesis 1:25
God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.