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Every creation of God, you see, is good; nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for then it is made holy by God’s word and prayer.

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Set these instructions before the family. If you do this, you will be a good servant of Messiah Jesus; you will be nourished by the words of faith and the good teaching which you have been following.

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For everything God created is good,(A) and nothing is to be rejected(B) if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God(C) and prayer.

If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters,[a] you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith(D) and of the good teaching that you have followed.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 4:6 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.