God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
1 Timothy 4:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be thrown away or refused if it is received with thanksgiving. American Standard Version (1901) For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving: Common English Bible Everything that has been created by God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected. Catholic Public Domain Version For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected which is received with thanksgiving; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving: |
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.
Again, a second time, the voice said to him, ‘What God has made clean, do not call impure.’
that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things. Farewell.’
With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.’
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.
Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make someone fall by what he eats.
Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honour of the Lord. Whoever eats, eats for the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat it, and he gives thanks to God.
‘Everything is permissible’, but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible’, but not everything builds up.
Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience,
If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I criticised because of something for which I give thanks?
The Rock #– #his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias, he is righteous and true.
They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.