⁴ For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;

^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.

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

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.

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.”

⁷ And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’ ⁸ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’ ⁹ But the voice answered me again from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed you must not call common.’

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.

³ 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.

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.

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.”