Eating Shrimp

`This ye do eat of all which <FI>are<Fi> in the waters; any one that hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them ye do eat; — read the full passage →

`This ye do eat of all that <FI>are<Fi> in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat;

`Any one that hath not fins and scales in the waters--an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> to you.

and any one that hath not fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any teeming creature of the waters, and of any creature which liveth, which <FI>is<Fi> in the waters--an abomination they <FI>are<Fi> to you;

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

`This ye do eat of all which <FI>are<Fi> in the waters; any one that hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them ye do eat;

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

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

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,

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? — read the full passage →

And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up. — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him; — read the full passage →

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.

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

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

`Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead; — read the full passage →

And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh <FI>is<Fi> the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses--their issue.

Thy two breasts as two young ones, twins of a roe,

`My statutes ye do keep: thy cattle thou dost not cause to gender <FI>with<Fi> diverse kinds; thy field thou dost not sow with diverse kinds, and a garment of diverse kinds, shaatnez, doth not go up upon thee.

yea, an abomination they are to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and their carcase ye abominate.

`This ye do eat of all that <FI>are<Fi> in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat; — read the full passage →

any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.

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 with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it <FI>is<Fi> .

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

the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,

`And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they <FI>are<Fi> : the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up--unclean it <FI>is<Fi> to you.

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, — read the full passage →

`Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy <FI>am<Fi> I, Jehovah, your God.

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which <FI>is<Fi> upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This <FI>is<Fi> the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which <FI>are<Fi> on the earth:

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

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.'

whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`Only, this ye do not eat--of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof--the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing--it <FI>is<Fi> unclean to you;

`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;

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 →

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;

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou <FI>art<Fi> a man of appetite.

and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

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

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 →

`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 →

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

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 a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

so that the law became our child-conductor--to Christ, that by faith we may be declared righteous, — read the full passage →

and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up--unclean it <FI>is<Fi> to you. — read the full passage →

`For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

`Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come--unclean they <FI>are<Fi> to you.

Who are dwelling among sepulchres, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominable things--their vessels.

`And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,

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.

`Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they <FI>are<Fi> to you;

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing; — read the full passage →

`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

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

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

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;

and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which <FI>is<Fi> breath of life, every green herb <FI>is<Fi> for food:' and it is so.

`And any one going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four--unclean they <FI>are<Fi> to you; any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean until the evening;

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

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.

`Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four--an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> to you.

And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, take each his censer, and put in them fire, and put on it perfume, and bring near before Jehovah strange fire, which He hath not commanded them; — read the full passage →

And this same also--all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, — read the full passage →

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

For, lo, Jehovah in fire cometh, And as a hurricane His chariots, To refresh in fury His anger, And His rebuke in flames of fire. — read the full passage →

and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son--this one--is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice--a glutton and drunkard;

Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah.

`Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who <FI>is<Fi> within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell <FI>it<Fi> to a stranger; for a holy people thou <FI>art<Fi> to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

in the saying `new,' He hath made the first old, and what doth become obsolete and is old <FI>is<Fi> nigh disappearing.

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; — read the full passage →

Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.

And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day the sixth.

`And this <FI>is<Fi> to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,

and when <FI>any<Fi> of their carcase falleth on any sown seed which is sown--it <FI>is<Fi> clean;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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.

`Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present--The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted.

and the sow, for it is dividing the hoof, and not <FI>bringing<Fi> up the cud, unclean it <FI>is<Fi> to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come.

and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'

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 →

according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,