1 Corinthians 8:8

English Standard Version 2016

Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

Cross References

Romans 14:17

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

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

1 Corinthians 6:13

“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Matthew 25:15

To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.