1 Timothy 4:4 (BSB)

For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

From 1 Timothy 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 1 Timothy 4:4

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on 1 Timothy 4:1-16: CHAPTER 4 1 Timothy 4:1-5 1. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 1. Spiritus autem clare dicit, quod in posterioribus temporibus desciscent quidam a fide, attendentes spiritibus impostoribus, et doctrinis daemoniorum. 2. Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 2.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 1 Timothy 4:1-5: We have here a prophecy of the apostasy of the latter times, which he had spoken of as a thing expected and taken for granted among Christians, 2 Th. 2. I. In the close of the foregoing chapter, we had the mystery of godliness summed up; and therefore very fitly, in the beginning of this chapter, we have the mystery of iniquity summed up: The...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 1 Timothy 4:4: For every creature of God is good,.... For food; and should be taken and used for that purpose, at all times, without distinction; even every creature which is made for food, and which is easy to be discerned by men: and nothing to be refused; or rejected as common and unclean, or to be abstained from at certain times: if it be received with thanksgiving...
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on 1 Timothy 4:4: Verse 4. For every creature of God is good. Gr., all the creatures, or all that God has created--πανκτισμα: that is, as he made it. Comp. . It does not mean that every moral agent remains good as long as he is a creature of God, but moral agents, men and angels, were good as they were made at first. .