1 Corinthians 8:8

A Conservative Version

But food does not present us to God, for neither if we eat are we ahead, nor if we do not eat are we behind.

Cross References

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 13:9

Be not carried away by various and foreign doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods by which those who walked were not benefited.

1 Corinthians 6:13

The foods are for the belly and the belly for foods, but God will abolish both this and these things. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Matthew 25:15

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his personal ability, and straightaway he journeyed.