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Genesis 9:3
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Genesis 9:3
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3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you, and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.(A)
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Genesis 9:3
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Genesis 9:3
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3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.(A) Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.(B)
Genesis 9:3
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Genesis 9:3
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3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
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Romans 14:14
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Romans 14:14
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14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who considers it unclean.(A)
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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)
Romans 14:14
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Romans 14:14
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14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
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Deuteronomy 12:15
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Deuteronomy 12:15
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15 “Yet whenever you desire you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your towns, according to the blessing that the Lord your God has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as they would of gazelle or deer.(A)
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Deuteronomy 12:15
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Deuteronomy 12:15
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15 Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer,(A) according to the blessing the Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
Deuteronomy 12:15
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Deuteronomy 12:15
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15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
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1 Timothy 4:3-5
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1 Timothy 4:3-5
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3 They forbid marriage and abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.(A) 4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving,(B) 5 for it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.
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1 Timothy 4:3-5
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1 Timothy 4:3-5
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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. 4 For everything God created is good,(E) and nothing is to be rejected(F) if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 because it is consecrated by the word of God(G) and prayer.
1 Timothy 4:3-5
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1 Timothy 4:3-5
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3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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Colossians 2:21-22
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Colossians 2:21-22
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21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 All these regulations refer to things that perish with use; they are simply human commands and teachings.(A)
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Colossians 2:21-22
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Colossians 2:21-22
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21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(A) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(B)
Colossians 2:21-22
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Colossians 2:21-22
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21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
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Colossians 2:16
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Colossians 2:16
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16 Therefore, do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food or[a] drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or Sabbaths.(A)
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- 2.16 Other ancient authorities read and
Colossians 2:16
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Colossians 2:16
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16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
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1 Corinthians 10:31
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1 Corinthians 10:31
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31 So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.(A)
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1 Corinthians 10:31
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31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.(A)
1 Corinthians 10:31
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1 Corinthians 10:31
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31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
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1 Corinthians 10:25-26
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1 Corinthians 10:25-26
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25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience, 26 for “the earth and its fullness are the Lord’s.”(A)
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1 Corinthians 10:25-26
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1 Corinthians 10:25-26
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25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,(A) 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”[a](B)
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- 1 Corinthians 10:26 Psalm 24:1
1 Corinthians 10:25-26
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1 Corinthians 10:25-26
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25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
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1 Corinthians 10:23
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1 Corinthians 10:23
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Do All to the Glory of God
23 “All things are permitted,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are permitted,” 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 Corinthians 10:23
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1 Corinthians 10:23
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23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
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