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Berean Standard Bible

“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.”

1 Timothy 4:3

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Paul warns Timothy that in later times some will depart from the faith, following deceitful spirits and teachings of demons. He describes the features of such false teaching.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Que prohibirán casarse, y mandarán abstenerse de las viandas que Dios crió para que con hacimiento de gracias participasen de ellas los fieles, y los que han conocido la verdad.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Afirmarán que es malo casarse y prohibirán comer ciertos alimentos que Dios ha creado para que los creyentes, los que han conocido la verdad, los coman con acción de gracias.

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