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1 Timothy 4
The 2026 edition cites 9 passages touching 1 Timothy 4, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
1 Timothy 4:2-3
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 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.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 20.4
Conscience is a sense of right and wrong by which one evaluates his own thoughts and behavior. When one follows his conscience, he feels a measure of…
1 Timothy 4:3
3 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.
Cited by 3 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 24.3
It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their consent. Yet is it the duty of Christians to marry only in the Lord…
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 24.16
Although in certain circumstances in the service of God it may be unwise for a person to marry, we deny that Scripture forbids officers of the Church to marry.
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 139
The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, adultery, fornication, rape, incest, sodomy, and all unnatural…
1 Timothy 4:3-5
3 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.
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 193
In the fourth petition, (which is, Give us this day our daily bread,) acknowledging, that in Adam, and by our own sin, we have forfeited our right to all the…
1 Timothy 4:4-5
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 104
In the fourth petition, which is, “Give us this day our daily bread,” we pray, that of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of…
1 Timothy 4:8
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 14.2
By this faith, a Christian believeth to be true whatsoever is revealed in the Word, for the authority of God Himself speaking therein; and acteth differently…
1 Timothy 4:10
10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 5.7
As the providence of God doth in general reach to all creatures, so after a most special manner it taketh care of His Church, and disposeth all things to the…
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 63
The visible Church hath the privilege of being under God’s special care and government; of being protected and preserved in all ages, notwithstanding the…
1 Timothy 4:12
12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 129
It is required of superiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love, pray for, and bless their inferiors…
1 Timothy 4:14
14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 158
The Word of God is to be preached only by such as are sufficiently gifted, and also duly approved and called to that office.
1 Timothy 4:16
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 159
They that are called to labor in the ministry of the Word are to preach sound doctrine, diligently, in season, and out of season; plainly, not in the enticing…