John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. For every creature of God is good , etc.] 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 : if not, persons are very ungrateful, and very unworthy of such favours; and it would be just in God to withhold them from them; and this they may expect at his hands, who reject them with contempt, or receive them with unthankfulness, or abstain front them in a religious way he never enjoined.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - The Holy Spirit, both in the Old and the New Testament, spoke of general turning from the faith of Christ, and the pure worship of God This should come during the Christian dispensation, for those ar called the latter days. False teachers forbid as evil what God ha allowed, and command as a duty what he has left indifferent. We fin 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 intemperat or improper use of things; and nothing will be good to us, unless we seek by prayer for the Lord's blessing upon it.
Greek Textus Receptus
οτι 3754 CONJ παν 3956 A-NSN κτισμα 2938 N-NSN θεου 2316 N-GSM καλον 2570 A-NSN και 2532 CONJ ουδεν 3762 A-NSN αποβλητον 579 A-NSN μετα 3326 PREP ευχαριστιας 2169 N-GSF λαμβανομενον 2983 5746 V-PPP-NSN
Vincent's NT Word Studies
4. Creature (ktisma). Not in Paul. See Jas. i. 18; Apoc. v. 13; viii. 9. A created thing. For ktisiv creation or creature, frequent in Paul, see on Rom. viii. 19; 2 Cor. v. 17; Col. i. 15. Ktisma in LXX, Wisd. ix. 2; xiii. 5; xiv. 11; Sir. xxxviii. 34; 3 Macc. v. 11.Refused (apoblhton). Lit. thrown away. N.T.o . In ecclesiastical writings, excommunicated. On the whole verse, comp. Acts x. 15; Rom. xi. 15; 1 Corinthians x. 25, 26, 30, 31.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
4:4 {Creature} (ktisma). Late word from ktizw, result of creating. See #Ge 1:31; Mr 7:15; Ro 14:14 for the idea stated. {To be rejected} (apobleton). Old verbal adjective in passive sense from apoballw, to throw away, here only in N.T. {If it be received} (lambanomenon). "Being received." Present passive participle of lambanw, in conditional sense, "with thanksgiving."
