1 Corinthians 8:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;

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 immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.