Nutrition

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 →

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;

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.'

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

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

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

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit;

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

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

and they gave to him part of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb,

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you? — read the full passage →

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.'

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;

`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.

Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

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

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

the meats <FI>are<Fi> for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body <FI>is<Fi> not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety, — 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;

I am the bread of the life;

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,

whose end <FI>is<Fi> destruction, whose god <FI>is<Fi> the belly, and whose glory <FI>is<Fi> in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

`And concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, having given judgment, that they observe no such thing, except to keep themselves both from idol-sacrifices, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom.'

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

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

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

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.

And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, `Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing, — read the full passage →

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 →