The voice said to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not call profane.”
1 Corinthians 10:25 - New Revised Standard Version 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. |
The voice said to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not call profane.”
Therefore one must be subject, not only because of wrath but also because 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.
It is not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become so accustomed to idols until now, they still think of the food they eat as food offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving;
To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure. Their very minds and consciences are corrupted.