1 Timothy 4 · Verse 5

1 Timothy 4:5

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
1 Timothy 4:5, King James Version

1 Timothy 4:5 in other translations

BSBbecause it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
WEBFor it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
ASVfor it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
YLTfor it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.
DARBYfor it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing him.
BBEFor it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
WebsterFor it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.

What does 1 Timothy 4:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 4:4-5

4-5. Translate as Greek, "Because" (expressing a reason resting on an objective fact; or, as here, a Scripture quotation)--"For" (a reason resting on something subjective in the writer's mind). every creature ... good--(Ge 1:31; Ro 14:14, 20). A refutation by anticipation of the Gnostic opposition to creation: the seeds of which were now lurking latently in the Church. Judaism (Ac 10:11-16; 1Co 10:25, 26) was the…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 5. For it is sanctified by the word of God. By the authority or permission of God. It would be profane or unholy if he had forbidden it; it is made holy or proper for our use by his permission, and no command of man can make it unholy or improper. Comp. Gen 1:29, 9:3.

And prayer. If it is partaken of with prayer. By prayer we are enabled to receive it with gratitude, and everything that we eat or drink may thus be made a means of grace.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 designed; 2. That we may use it with gratitude and moderation; 3. That all the strength derived from it may be devoted to God, in filling up the duties of those situations in which his providence has placed us. Those who thank not God for their food, and pray not for his blessing in the use of it, are unworthy even of a morsel of bread, and of the breath they breathe. Bishop Newton's opinion of this prophecy I have reserved to the end of this chapter.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Timothy 4:1-5

The Holy Spirit, both in the Old and the New Testament, spoke of a general turning from the faith of Christ, and the pure worship of God. This should come during the Christian dispensation, for those are called the latter days. False teachers forbid as evil what God has allowed, and command as a duty what he has left indifferent. We find exercise for watchfulness and self-denial, in attending to the requirements of…

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1 Timothy 4:5 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἁγιάζεταιhagiazetaiit is sanctifiedG37
γὰρgarforG1063
διὰdiathroughG1223
λόγουlogou[the] wordG3056
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐντεύξεως.¶enteuxeōsprayer.G1783

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Timothy 4:5

  • 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 know the truth.

  • 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 unclean; but now are they holy.

  • 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 defiled.

  • Luke 11:41

    But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

  • 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.

  • 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: and God saw that it was good.

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Context

  • 1 Timothy 4:4

    For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

  • 1 Timothy 4:5

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

  • 1 Timothy 4:6

    If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

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1 Timothy 4:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque por la palabra de Dios y por la oración es santificado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		car elle est sanctifiée par la parole de Dieu et par la prière.
German
Elberfelder 1871		denn es wird geheiligt durch Gottes Wort und durch Gebet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		sanctificatur enim per verbum Dei, et orationem.