1 Corinthians 8:8

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

But food will not commend us to God. For neither if we eat do we excel, nor if we do not eat are we lacking.

Cross References

Matthew 25:15

And to one indeed he gave five talents, and to another, two, and to another, one, to each according to his ability. And he went abroad at once.

Romans 14:17

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

1 Corinthians 6:13

Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods, but God will destroy both this and these. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by various and strange doctrine; for it is good that the heart be confirmed by grace, not by foods, in which those walking in them were not profited.