1 Timothy 4:4

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For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

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  • Acts 21:25 : 25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.
  • Rom 14:14 : 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.
  • Rom 14:20 : 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  • 1 Cor 10:23 : 23 Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up.
  • 1 Cor 10:25 : 25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience.
  • Gen 1:31 : 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock—His work is perfect, for all His ways are just. A faithful God without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  • Acts 11:7-9 : 7 I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’ 8 But I said, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 The voice spoke from heaven a second time: ‘What God has made clean, you must not call unclean.’
  • Acts 15:20-21 : 20 Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood. 21 For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city from ancient generations, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 that you abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

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  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

  • 1 Tim 4:5
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    5It is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

  • Rom 14:20-21
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    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

    21It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.

  • Eph 5:4
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    4Nor should there be filthiness, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

  • Rom 14:2-3
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    2One person believes they may eat anything, while someone who is weak eats only vegetables.

    3The one who eats must not look down on the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, for God has accepted them.

  • Rom 14:6
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    6Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

  • Phil 4:6
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    6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

  • 1 Cor 10:30-31
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    30If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of what I give thanks for?

    31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

  • 1 Thess 5:18
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    18Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 8:8
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    8Food will not bring us closer to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

  • Gen 9:3-4
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    3Every living creature that moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the plants, I now give you everything.

    4But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it.

  • Lev 11:41-42
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    41Every swarming creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

    42You must not eat any creature that moves on its belly, or walks on four legs, or has many feet. All these swarming creatures that move along the ground are detestable.

  • 1 Tim 4:9
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    9This is a trustworthy saying, deserving full acceptance.

  • Ps 100:4
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    4Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him, and bless His name.

  • Heb 4:13
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    13Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.

  • 1 Cor 10:25-28
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    25Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience.

    26For the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.

    27If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is placed before you without raising questions of conscience.

    28But if someone says to you, 'This has been offered in sacrifice,' then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
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    3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

  • Deut 14:3-4
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    3You shall not eat any detestable thing.

    4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

  • Deut 14:20
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    20You may eat any clean flying creature.

  • Rev 4:11
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    11"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, for you created all things, and by your will they exist and were created."

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    46These are the laws regarding animals, birds, every living creature that moves in the water, and every creature that moves along the ground.

  • Rom 14:14
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    14I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.

  • Deut 14:6
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    6You may eat any animal that has divided hooves completely split and chews the cud.

  • Acts 10:12
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    12In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.

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    3You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof, one completely split, and that chews the cud.

  • 2 Cor 9:11
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    11You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.

  • Rev 4:9
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    9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

  • Gen 1:30
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    30And to all the beasts of the earth, all the birds in the sky, and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.' And it was so.

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    16Therefore, do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

  • 1 Cor 8:4
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    4So then, concerning eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and there is no God but one.

  • Acts 11:8
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    8But I said, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

  • Col 4:2
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    2Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

  • Eccl 3:13
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    13And also that every person should eat, drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.

  • 1 Cor 14:17
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    17You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not built up.

  • Ezek 4:14
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    14Then I said, 'Ah, Lord God, I have never been defiled! From my youth until now, I have never eaten anything that died naturally or was torn by animals. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.'

  • Ps 104:27
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    27All creatures look to You to give them their food at the proper time.

  • 1 Thess 4:4
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    4That each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

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    14But Peter said, 'By no means, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.'

  • Deut 14:10
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    10But anything in the waters that does not have fins and scales, you are not to eat; it is unclean for you.