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forbidding marriage and commanding to abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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Rules vs. Righteousness
Commentators explain that forbidding things God permits, like marriage or certain foods, is often a sign of hypocrisy. False teachers create external rules to appear righteous, distracting from the true righteousness that comes from faith and an inward change of heart. This verse warns against substituting man-made regulations for genuine godliness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Forbidding to marry. That is, "They will depart from the faith through the hypocritical teaching—of those who forbid to marry." (See Barne…
Forbidding to marry (κωλυοντων γαμειν). Present active participle of common verb κωλυω, to hinder, genitive case agreeing with ψευ…
19th Century
Anglican
Forbidding to marry.—This strange and unnatural “counsel of perfection,” St. Paul, thinking and writing in the Spirit, foresaw as …
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Paul now mentions two of their false teachings: forbidding marriage and ordering people “to abstain from certain foods.” This ascetic emphasis crep…
16th Century
Protestant
Forbidding to marry. Having described the class, he next mentions two instances: namely, the prohibition of marriage and of some kinds of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Forbidding to marry Which points out not the Encratites, Montanists, and Manichees, who spoke against marriage; but …
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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 was …
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the Apostle instructed Timothy on matters concerning the Church’s disposition in spiritual things: the teachings of the faith…
