Acts 15:20
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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.
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- Acts 15:20 Or fornication
Acts 15:20
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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)
Acts 15:29
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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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- Acts 15:29 Or fornication
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.
Revelation 2:20
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20 Nevertheless I have [a]a few things against you, because you allow [b]that woman (A)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, [c]to teach and seduce My servants (B)to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
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- Revelation 2:20 NU, M against you that you tolerate
- Revelation 2:20 M your wife Jezebel
- Revelation 2:20 NU, M and teaches and seduces
Revelation 2:20
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Revelation 2:14
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14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of (A)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, (B)to eat things sacrificed to idols, (C)and to commit sexual immorality.
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Revelation 2:14
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Leviticus 3:17
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17 ‘This shall be a (A)perpetual[a] statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor (B)blood.’ ”
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- Leviticus 3:17 everlasting or never-ending
Leviticus 3:17
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17 “‘This is a lasting ordinance(A) for the generations to come,(B) wherever you live:(C) You must not eat any fat or any blood.(D)’”
Genesis 9:4
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4 (A)But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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Genesis 9:4
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4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(A)
1 Corinthians 8:4-13
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4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that (A)an idol is nothing in the world, (B)and that there is no other God but one. 5 For even if there are (C)so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 6 yet (D)for us there is one God, the Father, (E)of whom are all things, and we for Him; and (F)one Lord Jesus Christ, (G)through whom are all things, and (H)through whom we live.
7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, (I)with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is (J)defiled. 8 But (K)food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.
9 But (L)beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become (M)a [a]stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not (N)the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols? 11 And (O)because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But (P)when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, (Q)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
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- 1 Corinthians 8:9 cause of offense
1 Corinthians 8:4-13
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4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(B) and that “There is no God but one.”(C) 5 For even if there are so-called gods,(D) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God,(E) the Father,(F) from whom all things came(G) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(H) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(I) and through whom we live.
7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(J) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(K) it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God;(L) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(M) to the weak.(N) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(O) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(P) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(Q) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(R) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(S)
Acts 21:25
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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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- Acts 21:25 NU omits that they should observe no such thing, except
- Acts 21:25 fornication
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)
1 Corinthians 10:7-8
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1 Corinthians 10:7-8
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7 Do not be idolaters,(A) as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a](B) 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(C)
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- 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
1 Corinthians 6:18
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18 (A)Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins (B)against his own body.
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1 Corinthians 6:18
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18 Flee from sexual immorality.(A) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.(B)
1 Corinthians 6:9
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9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. (A)Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, nor [b]sodomites,
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- 1 Corinthians 6:9 catamites, those submitting to homosexuals
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 male homosexuals
1 Corinthians 6:9
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9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?(A) Do not be deceived:(B) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers(C) nor men who have sex with men[a](D)
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- 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.
Leviticus 17:10-14
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10 (A)‘And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, (B)I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the (C)life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar (D)to make atonement for your souls; for (E)it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’ 12 Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.’
13 “Whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who (F)hunts and catches any animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall (G)pour out its blood and (H)cover it with dust; 14 (I)for it is the life of all flesh. Its blood sustains its life. Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.’
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Leviticus 17:10-14
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10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,(A) and I will cut them off from the people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood,(B) and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.[a](C) 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.”
13 “‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth,(D) 14 because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.”(E)
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- Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood
Revelation 9:20
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20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (A)did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship (B)demons, (C)and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
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Revelation 9:20
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20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent(A) of the work of their hands;(B) they did not stop worshiping demons,(C) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.(D)
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