He decided how much each servant would be able to care for. The man gave one servant five bags of money. {\cf2\super [387]} He gave another servant two bags of money. And he gave a third servant one bag of money. Then that man left.
1 Corinthians 8:8 - Easy To Read Version But food will not make us closer to God. Refusing to eat does not make us less \{pleasing to God\}. And eating does not make us better. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now food [itself] will not cause our acceptance by God nor commend us to Him. Eating [food offered to idols] gives us no advantage; neither do we come short or become any worse if we do not eat [it]. American Standard Version (1901) But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better. Common English Bible Food won’t bring us close to God. We’re not missing out if we don’t eat, and we don’t have any advantage if we do eat. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet food does not commend us to God. For if we eat, we will not have more, and if we do not eat, we will not have less. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more; nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less. |
He decided how much each servant would be able to care for. The man gave one servant five bags of money. {\cf2\super [387]} He gave another servant two bags of money. And he gave a third servant one bag of money. Then that man left.
In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important. In the kingdom of God, the important things are these: living right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [143]}
“Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” Yes. And God will destroy them both. But the body is not for sexual sin. The body is for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
Don’t let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace (kindness), not by obeying rules about foods. Obeying those rules doesn’t help people.