Romans 14:2
One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.
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- Rom 14:14 : 14 I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.
- Gen 9:3 : 3 Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.
- 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:
- Titus 1:15 : 15 To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.
- Heb 9:10 : 10 Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.
- Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
- Gen 1:29 : 29 And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:
- Prov 15:17 : 17 Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
- Dan 1:12 : 12 Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink.
- Dan 1:16 : 16 So the keeper regularly took away their meat and the wine which was to have been their drink, and gave them grain.
- Rom 14:22-23 : 22 The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval. 23 But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
- 1 Cor 10:25 : 25 Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;
- Gal 2:12 : 12 For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
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1 Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.
- Rom 14:3-75 verses83%
3 Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.
4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.
5 This man puts one day before another: to that man they are the same. Let every man be certain in his mind.
6 He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord; and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God; and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God.
7 For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.
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13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
14 I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.
15 And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.
16 Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:
17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.
19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.
20 Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.
21 It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.
22 The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.
23 But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
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7 Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.
8 But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.
9 But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.
10 For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?
11 And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.
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27 If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.
28 But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:
29 Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.
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13 For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
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1 We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
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3 Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
4 Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:
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25 Whatever meat may be had at the public market, take as food without question of right or wrong;
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16 For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:
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9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
10 We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.
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14 But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
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12 I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.
13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
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21 For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.
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19 Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.
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20 But all clean birds you may take.
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29 And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:
30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.
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10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.
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6 Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.
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4 These are the beasts which you may have for food: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;
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23 We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.
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3 Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.
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29 For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.
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3 You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.
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15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
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32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.