Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Creature (ktisma). Late word from ktizw, result of creating. See Genesis 1:31; Mark 7:15; Romans 14:14 for the idea stated.
To be rejected (apoblhton). 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."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 4:4:
1 Timothy 4:5
Revelation 5:13
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