1 Timothy 4:3 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Timothy 4:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
κωλυόντων
kōlýō
G2967
to hinder
γαμεῖν
gaméō
G1060
to marry off
ἀπέχεσθαι
apéchō
G568
to hold off
βρωμάτων
brōma
G1033
food
ἃ
hós
G3739
who
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
θεὸς
theós
G2316
God
ἔκτισεν
ktízō
G2936
to create
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
μετάλημψιν
metálēmpsis
G3336
participation
μετὰ
metá
G3326
with
εὐχαριστίας
eucharistía
G2169
thanksgiving
τοῖς
ho
G3588
the
πιστοῖς
pistós
G4103
faithful
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐπεγνωκόσι
epiginṓskō
G1921
to know thoroughly
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
ἀλήθειαν
alḗtheia
G225
truth
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
forbidding to marry, to abstain from foods that God created for receiving with thanksgiving by faithful and knowing the truth.
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