1 Timoteo 4:5

5 perciocchè ella è santificata per la parola di Dio, e per l’orazione.

1 Timoteo 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 4:5

For it is sanctified
Or set apart for use, and may be lawfully used at all times:

by the word of God;
which declares that there is nothing in itself common, or unclean, or unfit for use, and that nothing that goes into a man defiles him; so that by virtue of this word of God, every creature may be made use of, that is fit for food: or else this designs the word of God, which gives a blessing to what is eaten; for it is not by bread or meat only, but through the word of God commanding a blessing on what is eaten, that man lives, ( Matthew 4:4 ) and therefore this blessing upon our food should be asked for: wherefore it follows,

and prayer;
this being used before eating for a blessing on the food, and after it, in a way of thanksgiving for it, sanctifies every creature of God, or gives men a free use of any, or all of them. So the Israelites, when they had eaten, and were full, were to bless the Lord, ( Deuteronomy 8:10 ) . And thus our Lord Jesus Christ, at meals, used to take the food, and bless it or ask a blessing on it, ( Matthew 14:19 ) . And so did the Essenes among the Jews ^F8, and the Christians in Tertullian's ^F9 time; and the practice is highly necessary and commendable, nor ought it to be disused.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Porphyr. de Abstinentia, l. 4. sect. 12.
F9 Apolog. c. 39.

1 Timoteo 4:5 In-Context

3 Che vieteranno il maritarsi, e comanderanno d’astenersi da’ cibi, che Iddio ha creati, acciocchè i fedeli, e quelli che hanno conosciuta la verità, li usino con rendimento di grazie.

4 Poichè ogni cosa creata da Dio è buona, e niuna è da riprovare, essendo usata con rendimento di grazie;

5 perciocchè ella è santificata per la parola di Dio, e per l’orazione.

6 RAPPRESENTANDO queste cose a’ fratelli, tu sarai buon ministro di Gesù Cristo, nudrito nelle parole della fede, e della buona dottrina, la qual tu hai ben compresa.

7 Ma schiva le favole profane, e da vecchie; ed esercitati alla pietà.