For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
"Paul’s words certainly sanction the Christian practice of grace before meals. To eat without giving thanks is base ingratitude. But the scope of the passage is much wider than that." [Note: Hiebert, First Timothy, p. 80. Cf. 1 Samuel 9:13; Matthew 14:19; Acts 27:35.] 