1 Timothy 4:5

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For	γὰρ gar	G1063	properly · conjunction
sanctified	ἁγιάζεται hagiazetai	G37	to make holy · verb — present passive indicative, 3rd person singular
by	διὰ dia	G1223	through (in very wide applications · preposition
word	λόγου logou	G3056	something said (including the thought) · noun — genitive singular masculine
God	θεοῦ theou	G2316	figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
prayer	ἐντεύξεως.¶ enteuxeōs	G1783	an interview · noun — genitive singular feminine

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Cross-references

1 Timothy 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and…
Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclea…
Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is def…
Luke 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
Genesis 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind…
Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:1-5

We have here a prophecy of the apostasy of the latter times, which he had spoken of as a thing expected and taken for granted among Christians, 2 Th. 2. I. In the close of the foregoing chapter, we had the mystery of godliness summed up; and therefore very fitly, in the beginning of this chapter, we have the mystery of iniquity summed up: The Spirit speaks expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith; whether he means the Spirit in the Old Testament, or the Spirit in the prophets of the New Testament, or both. The prophecies concerning antichrist, as well as the prophecies concerning Christ, came from the Spirit. The Spirit in both spoke expressly of a general apostasy…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 4:5

sanctified--"hallowed"; set apart as holy for the use of believing men: separated from "the creature," which is under the bondage of vanity and corruption (Rom 8:19, &c.). Just as in the Lord's Supper, the thanksgiving prayer sanctifies the elements, separating them from their naturally alien position in relation to the spiritual world, and transferring them to their true relation to the new life. So in every use of the creature, thanksgiving prayer has the same effect, and ought always to be used (Co1 10:30-31). by the word of God and prayer--that is, "by means of intercessory prayer" (so the Greek)--that is, consecratory prayer in behalf of "the creature" or food--that prayer mainly cons…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 4:5

For it is sanctified by the word of God - Δια λογου Θεου· By the command of God; probably referring to Gen 1:29 : And God said, I have given you every herb - and every tree - to you it shall be for meat; and to Gen 9:3 : Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things; i.e. I have given you every animal that is proper for food, as I have given you every herb and fruit proper for nourishment. Therefore, all this was sanctified, set apart, and appropriated to this use by this command. And when man is about to use it, he is to sanctify or set it apart to that use by prayer to God, 1. That it may answer the end to us for which it was desig…

The Church Fathers

But if it is good, why is it "sanctified by the word of God and prayers"? For it must be unclean, if it is to be sanctified? Not so, here he is speaking to those who thought that some of these things were common; therefore he lays down two positions: first, that no creature of God is unclean: secondly, that if it were become so, you have a remedy, seal it, give thanks, and glorify God, and all the uncleanness passes away.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Timothy 12

Now with thee He hath not done thus, but He hath purified and sanctified everything, as it is written, "Everything is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer," that henceforth the patient endurance of thy discretion might appear, and that thou mightest not eat, not because they were impure, but because it hath been said that it is good that thou shouldst not eat flesh nor drink wine, nor anything by which our brother may stumble, and also that thou mightest overcome lust by thine own will, and not by the restriction of the uncleanness of meats.
— Philoxenus of Mabbug, 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence

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Dictionary and topics

Animals · Clean and unclean — Clean and unclean
Commandments · PRECEPTS OF PAUL. EXPLICITLY STATED OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC EPISTLES — PRECEPTS OF PAUL. EXPLICITLY STATED OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC EPISTLES
Food · FROM GOD — FROM GOD
Gifts From God · .To be used and enjoye — .To be used and enjoye
Gifts Of God, The · Temporal: To be used and enjoyed — Temporal: To be used and enjoyed

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Timothy 4:5

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 4:5

Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 4:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Timothy 4:5

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 4:5

Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 4:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Timothy 4:5

John Calvin on 1 Timothy 4:1-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Timothy 4:2