14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus (A)that nothing is unclean in itself, (B)but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.

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15 (A)To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and (B)unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both (C)their minds and their consciences are defiled.

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(A)One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.

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However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, (A)through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and (B)their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

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

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14 But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; (A)for I have never eaten anything that is (B)common or (C)unclean.” 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, (D)“What God has made clean, do not call common.”

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But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’

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10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating[a] in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged,[b] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 8:10 Greek reclining at table
  2. 1 Corinthians 8:10 Or fortified; Greek built up

28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew (A)to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but (B)God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.

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25 (A)Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience.

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23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 14:23 Some manuscripts insert here 16:25–27

20 (A)Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. (B)Everything is indeed clean, but (C)it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.

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