Eating Meat

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings; — read the full passage →

one doth believe that he may eat all things--and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

Right <FI>it is<Fi> not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to <FI>do anything<Fi> in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh--to the age--that my brother I may not cause to stumble.

let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth, — read the full passage →

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

Whatever in the meat-market is sold eat ye, not inquiring, because of the conscience,

I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing <FI>is<Fi> unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean--to that one <FI>it is<Fi> unclean;

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

forbidding to marry--to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the blood;

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian, — read the full passage →

And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour, — read the full passage →

And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour, — read the full passage →

and <FI>there is<Fi> a voice again a second time unto him: `What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

And Peter said, `Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'

and they gave to him part of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb, — read the full passage →

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

because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure, but evil <FI>is<Fi> to the man who is eating through stumbling.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day <FI>alike<Fi> ; let each in his own mind be fully assured.

He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard <FI>it<Fi> , and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard <FI>it<Fi> . He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God.

Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol <FI>is<Fi> nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; — read the full passage →

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren--`If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;' — read the full passage →

and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because <FI>it is<Fi> not of faith; and all that <FI>is<Fi> not of faith is sin.

and if any one may say to you, `This is a thing sacrificed to an idol,' --do not eat, because of that one who shewed <FI>it<Fi> , and of the conscience, for the Lord's <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness:

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal--<FI> even<Fi> God.'

because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received, — read the full passage →

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

If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances? — read the full passage →

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol <FI>is<Fi> nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one; — read the full passage →

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

one doth believe that he may eat all things--and he who is weak doth eat herbs; — read the full passage →

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

but not in all men <FI>is<Fi> the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, till now, as a thing sacrificed to an idol do eat <FI>it<Fi> , and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

so that the law, indeed, <FI>is<Fi> holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; — read the full passage →