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Eating Shellfish
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And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. — read the full passage →
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: — read the full passage →
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. — read the full passage →
There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, — read the full passage →
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →
And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. — read the full passage →
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Every raven after his kind;
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; — read the full passage →
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: — read the full passage →
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →
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.
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
And every raven after his kind,
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. — read the full passage →
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
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