1 Timothy 4:4-6

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴ For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving; ⁵ for it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.

A Good Minister of Jesus Christ

⁶ If you put these instructions before the brothers and sisters,^[a] you will be a good servant^[b] of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching that you have followed.