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1 Timothy 4:3
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1 Timothy 4:3
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3 They forbid people to marry(A) and order them to abstain from certain foods,(B) which God created(C) to be received with thanksgiving(D) by those who believe and who know the truth.
1 Timothy 4:3
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1 Timothy 4:3
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3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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Hebrews 13:4
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Hebrews 13:4
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4 Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B)
Hebrews 13:4
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Hebrews 13:4
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4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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1 Corinthians 10:30-31
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1 Corinthians 10:30-31
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30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?(A)
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.(B)
1 Corinthians 10:30-31
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1 Corinthians 10:30-31
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30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
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Romans 14:6
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Romans 14:6
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6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God;(A) and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
Romans 14:6
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Romans 14:6
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6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
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Genesis 9:3
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Genesis 9:3
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3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.(A) Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.(B)
Genesis 9:3
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Genesis 9:3
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3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
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1 Timothy 4:4
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1 Timothy 4:4
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4 For everything God created is good,(A) and nothing is to be rejected(B) if it is received with thanksgiving,
1 Timothy 4:4
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1 Timothy 4:4
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4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
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Colossians 2:16
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Colossians 2:16
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16 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:
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1 Corinthians 8:8
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1 Corinthians 8:8
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8 But food does not bring us near to God;(A) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
1 Corinthians 8:8
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1 Corinthians 8:8
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8 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.
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Colossians 2:20-23
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Colossians 2:20-23
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20 Since you died with Christ(A) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,(B) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:(C) 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(D) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(E) 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility(F) and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
Colossians 2:20-23
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Colossians 2:20-23
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20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
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1 Corinthians 7:28
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1 Corinthians 7:28
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28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(A) and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
1 Corinthians 7:28
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1 Corinthians 7:28
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28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
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Romans 14:3
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Romans 14:3
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3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt(A) the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge(B) the one who does, for God has accepted them.
Romans 14:3
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Romans 14:3
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3 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.
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Hebrews 13:9
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Hebrews 13:9
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9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(A) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(B) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(C) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(D)
Hebrews 13:9
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Hebrews 13:9
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9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
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1 Timothy 2:4
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1 Timothy 2:4
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1 Timothy 2:4
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1 Timothy 2:4
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4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
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