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1 Timothy 4:3
The 2026 edition cites 3 passages containing 1 Timothy 4:3, 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…