And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
1 Corinthians 10:25 - English Standard Version 2016 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground 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. |
And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and 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, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.