Again, a second time, the voice said to him, ‘What God has made clean, do not call impure.’
1 Corinthians 10:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [As to meat offered to idols] eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question or investigating on the grounds of conscientious scruples, American Standard Version (1901) Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat, asking no question for conscience’ sake; Common English Bible Eat everything that is sold in the marketplace, without asking questions about it because of your conscience. Catholic Public Domain Version Whatever is sold in the market, you may eat, without asking questions for the sake of conscience. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat; asking no question for conscience' sake. |
Again, a second time, the voice said to him, ‘What God has made clean, do not call impure.’
Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath but also because of your conscience.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.
However, not everyone has this knowledge. Some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food sacrificed to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.