5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
5 for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.
5 God's Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy.
5 for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
5 For we know it is made acceptable by the word of God and prayer.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Timothy 4:5
Commentary on 1 Timothy 4:1-5
(Read 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 God's law, without being tasked to imaginary duties, which reject what he has allowed. But nothing justifies an intemperate or improper use of things; and nothing will be good to us, unless we seek by prayer for the Lord's blessing upon it.