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Romans 14:14
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.
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Deuteronomy 12:15
“ But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your city gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer,
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1 Corinthians 10 23
“ Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial.“ Everything is permissible,” but not everything builds up.
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Psalms 104:14-15
He causes grass to grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, producing food from the earth,wine that makes human hearts glad— making his face shine with oil— and bread that sustains human hearts.
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Acts 10:12-15
In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.A voice said to him,“ Get up, Peter; kill and eat.”“ No, Lord!” Peter said.“ For I have never eaten anything impure and ritually unclean.”Again, a second time, the voice said to him,“ What God has made clean, do not call impure.”
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Colossians 2:16
Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
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Genesis 1:29-30
God also said,“ Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you,for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth— everything having the breath of life in it— I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
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Leviticus 11:1-47
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:“ Tell the Israelites: You may eat all these kinds of land animals.You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud.But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves you are not to eat these: camels, though they chew the cud, do not have divided hooves— they are unclean for you;hyraxes, though they chew the cud, do not have hooves— they are unclean for you;hares, though they chew the cud, do not have hooves— they are unclean for you;pigs, though they have divided hooves, do not chew the cud— they are unclean for you.Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses— they are unclean for you.“ This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams.But these are to be abhorrent to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales among all the swarming things and other living creatures in the water.They are to remain abhorrent to you; you must not eat any of their meat, and you must abhor their carcasses.Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales will be abhorrent to you.“ You are to abhor these birds. They must not be eaten because they are abhorrent: eagles, bearded vultures, Egyptian vultures,kites, any kind of falcon,every kind of raven,ostriches, short-eared owls, gulls, any kind of hawk,little owls, cormorants, long-eared owls,barn owls, eagle owls, ospreys,storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.“ All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be abhorrent to you.But you may eat these kinds of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.You may eat these: any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, and grasshopper.All other winged insects that have four feet are to be abhorrent to you.“ These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,and whoever carries any of their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean.All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,and anyone who carries their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.“ These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you: weasels, mice, any kind of large lizard,geckos, monitor lizards, common lizards, skinks, and chameleons.These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean— any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.If any of them falls into any clay pot, everything in it will become unclean; you are to break it.Any edible food coming into contact with that unclean water will become unclean, and any drinkable liquid in any container will become unclean.Anything one of their carcasses falls on will become unclean. If it is an oven or stove, it is to be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.A spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but someone who touches a carcass in it will become unclean.If one of their carcasses falls on any seed that is to be sown, it is clean;but if water has been put on the seed and one of their carcasses falls on it, it is unclean for you.“ If one of the animals that you use for food dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until evening.Anyone who eats some of its carcass is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.“ All the creatures that swarm on the earth are abhorrent; they must not be eaten.Do not eat any of the creatures that swarm on the earth, anything that moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet, for they are abhorrent.Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them.For I am the LORD your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.For I am the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy.“ This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground,in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.”
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Colossians 2:21-22
“ Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”?All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines.
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Romans 14:3
One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat, and one who does not eat must not judge one who does, because God has accepted him.
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1 Timothy 4 3-1 Timothy 4 5
They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
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Deuteronomy 14:3-21
“ You must not eat any detestable thing.These are the animals you may eat: oxen, sheep, goats,deer, gazelles, roe deer, wild goats, ibexes, antelopes, and mountain sheep.You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud.But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these: camels, hares, and hyraxes, though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves— they are unclean for you;and pigs, though they have hooves, they do not chew the cud— they are unclean for you. Do not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.“ You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales,but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales— it is unclean for you.“ You may eat every clean bird,but these are the ones you may not eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,the kites, any kind of falcon,every kind of raven,ostriches, short-eared owls, gulls, any kind of hawk,little owls, long-eared owls, barn owls,eagle owls, ospreys, cormorants,storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.But you may eat every clean flying creature.“ You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a resident alien within your city gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
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Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts, making himself unclean by it; I am the LORD.
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1 Corinthians 10 25-1 Corinthians 10 26
Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience,since the earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it.
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1 Corinthians 10 31
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
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Romans 14:17
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Romans 14:20
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.
