Acts 11:8

Plain English Version

But I said, ‘No, boss. I will not. Our law says we can’t eat that sort of animal. They are no good, so I never eat any of them.’

Cross References

Acts 11:7

Then I heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up Peter. Kill some of those animals and eat them.’

Acts 11:9

Then I heard that voice from the sky again. It said, ‘If God says that something is good, don’t say it is no good.’

Romans 14:14

I know for sure that our leader, Jesus, said that it’s all right to eat any sort of food. But somebody might believe that it is wrong to eat some sort of food. Then it is wrong for that person to eat it, but not for anybody else.

1 Corinthians 7:14

You see, if a woman believes in Jesus, but her husband doesn’t, God says it’s good for them to stay married. And in the same way, if a man believes in Jesus, but his wife doesn’t, God says it’s good for them to stay married. And I’ll tell you about their kids too. If their mother or father believes in Jesus, God reckons those kids are special. They are not just like the kids of people who don’t believe in him.