⁵ because it is consecrated by the word of God^(A) and prayer.

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.

¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.^(A)

⁴ Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’^[a]”^(A)

¹⁵ To the pure, all things are pure,^(A) but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure.^(B) In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.^(C)

⁴¹ But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor,^(A) and everything will be clean for you.^(B)