Clean And Unclean

And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, — read the full passage →

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire. — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:

And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.

Nowthere wasa certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →

This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me. — read the full passage →

Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance: — read the full passage →

And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. — read the full passage →

that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. — read the full passage →

And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth. — read the full passage →

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron? — read the full passage →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life. — read the full passage →

But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth.

there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? — read the full passage →

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience’ sake;

Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. — read the full passage →

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;

And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life. — read the full passage →

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

The eternal God isthy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.

Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, This is that which Jehovah hath spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, — read the full passage →

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid. — read the full passage →

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: — read the full passage →

And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. — read the full passage →

It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt.

And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

and he said unto them, Ye yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another nation; and yet unto me hath God showed that I should not call any man common or unclean:

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.

And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

And at the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. — read the full passage →

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. — read the full passage →

He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine’s blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:

that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.