1 Timothy 4:4
1 Timothy 4:44For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
JWs cite this verse against ascetic teaching — affirming that food, marriage and material things are good gifts of Jehovah. In practice, however, the affirmation is qualified: many "worldly" goods (higher education, certain careers, worldly entertainment, association with non-Witnesses) are reframed as Satan-influenced lures rather than Father-given gifts.
Paul's statement is universal — "every creation of God is fine, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving". This is a common-grace text. Pair it with ("God saw all that he had made, and look! it was very good"), ("every good gift… is from above"), (the Father sends rain on the just and the unjust) and (God witnessed himself to the pagans by giving rain and fruitful seasons). Together these verses build the doctrine that genuine earthly goods — sun, rain, harvests, honest work, marital faithfulness, parental love, the laugh of a child — are gifts of the Creator, not satanic counterfeits. The doorstep insight is a category fix: when a Witness sees a non-JW marriage flourishing or a non-JW friend showing real love, the rhetorical move "Satan also blesses people" is unfalsifiable reclassification. Scripture says the tree is known by its fruit () — and says every creation of God is good. Satan does not grow grapes.
NWT renders kalon as "fine" — "every creation of God is fine". Standard English translations render "good" (BSB, ESV, NIV, NASB, KJV). "Fine" is one of the NWT's distinctive vocabulary choices but doctrinally it is mild — the substance of the verse (universal affirmation of creation) is preserved. Worth noting for transparency with the JW reader who may notice the rendering, but not load-bearing for the common-grace argument.