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1 Timothy 4:4
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1 Timothy 4:4
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4 For (A)everything created by God is good, and (B)nothing is to be rejected if it is (C)received with thanksgiving,
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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,
Romans 14:20
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Romans 14:20
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20 (A)Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. (B)Everything is indeed clean, but (C)it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.
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Romans 14:20
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Romans 14:20
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20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.(A) All food is clean,(B) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.(C)
1 Corinthians 10:25
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1 Corinthians 10:25
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25 (A)Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
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1 Corinthians 10:25
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1 Corinthians 10:25
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25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,(A)
Romans 14:14
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Romans 14:14
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14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus (A)that nothing is unclean in itself, (B)but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
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Romans 14:14
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Romans 14:14
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14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.(A) But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.(B)
Acts 21:25
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Acts 21:25
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25 But as for the Gentiles who have believed, (A)we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled,[a] and from sexual immorality.”
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- Acts 21:25 Some manuscripts omit and from what has been strangled
Acts 21:25
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Acts 21:25
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25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”(A)
Acts 11:7-9
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Acts 11:7-9
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7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ 8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’
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Acts 11:7-9
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Acts 11:7-9
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7 Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’
8 “I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 “The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’(A)
1 Corinthians 10:23
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1 Corinthians 10:23
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Do All to the Glory of God
23 (A)“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
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1 Corinthians 10:23
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1 Corinthians 10:23
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The Believer’s Freedom
23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.(A) “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.
1 Timothy 4:3
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1 Timothy 4:3
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3 (A)who forbid marriage and (B)require abstinence from foods (C)that God created (D)to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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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.
Genesis 1:31
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Genesis 1:31
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31 (A)And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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Genesis 1:31
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Genesis 1:31
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Acts 15:20-21
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Acts 15:20-21
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20 but should write to them (A)to abstain from (B)the things polluted by idols, and from (C)sexual immorality, and from (D)what has been strangled, and from (E)blood. 21 For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, (F)for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”
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Acts 15:20-21
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Acts 15:20-21
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20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols,(A) from sexual immorality,(B) from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.(C) 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”(D)
Deuteronomy 32:4
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Deuteronomy 32:4
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4 (A)“The Rock, (B)his work is perfect,
for (C)all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and (D)without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
Acts 15:29
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Acts 15:29
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29 (A)that you abstain from (B)what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
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Acts 15:29
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Acts 15:29
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29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.(A) You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
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