1 Corinthians 8:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more; nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.

Cross References

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but justice, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Hebrews 13:9

Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats; which have not profited those that walk in them.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Meat for the belly, and the belly for the meats; but God shall destroy both it and them: 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, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey.