For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;

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For everything God created is good,(A) and nothing is to be rejected(B) if it is received with thanksgiving,

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20 (A)Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. (B)All things indeed are pure, (C)but it is evil for the man who eats with [a]offense.

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  1. Romans 14:20 A feeling of giving offense

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)

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25 (A)Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake;

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25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,(A)

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The Law of Love

14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus (A)that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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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)

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25 But concerning the Gentiles who believe, (A)we have written and decided [a]that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from [b]sexual immorality.”

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  1. Acts 21:25 NU omits that they should observe no such thing, except
  2. Acts 21:25 fornication

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)

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And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’ But the voice answered me again from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed you must not call common.’

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Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’

“I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

“The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’(A)

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All to the Glory of God(A)

23 All things are lawful [a]for me, but not all things are (B)helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things [b]edify.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:23 NU omits for me
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:23 build up

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.

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forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

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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.

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31 Then (A)God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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31 God saw all that he had made,(A) and it was very good.(B) And there was evening, and there was morning(C)—the sixth day.

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20 but that we (A)write to them to abstain (B)from things polluted by idols, (C)from [a]sexual immorality, (D)from things strangled, and from blood. 21 For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, (E)being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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  1. Acts 15:20 Or fornication

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)

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He is (A)the Rock, (B)His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
(C)A God of truth and (D)without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.

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He is the Rock,(A) his works are perfect,(B)
    and all his ways are just.
A faithful God(C) who does no wrong,
    upright(D) and just is he.(E)

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29 (A)that you abstain from things offered to idols, (B)from blood, from things strangled, and from (C)sexual[a] immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.

Farewell.

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  1. Acts 15:29 Or fornication

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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