Acts 10:15

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Again, the voice came to him a second time, saying, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.'

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  • Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
  • Matt 15:11 : 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
  • 1 Cor 10:25 : 25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience.
  • 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.
  • 1 Tim 4:3-5 : 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. 4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. 5 It is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
  • Heb 9:9-9 : 9 This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience. 10 They are only regulations concerning food and drink and various ceremonial washings, external ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.
  • Rev 14:14-17 : 14 Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. 15 Another angel came out of the temple, calling in a loud voice to the one who was seated on the cloud, "Swing your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." 16 So the one seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. 17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
  • Rev 14:20 : 20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
  • 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.
  • Gal 2:12-13 : 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision group. 13 And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.
  • Mark 7:19 : 19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.)
  • Acts 10:28 : 28 He said to them, 'You know it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.'
  • Acts 11:9 : 9 The voice spoke from heaven a second time: ‘What God has made clean, you must not call unclean.’
  • Acts 15:9 : 9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood.
  • 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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  • Acts 11:3-10
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    3 saying, 'You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.'

    4 But Peter began to explain it to them step by step, saying:

    5 'I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision: something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.

    6 As I looked closely at it, I noticed four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

    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.’

    10 This happened three times, and then the whole object was pulled up into heaven.

  • Acts 10:8-14
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    8 After describing everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

    9 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray about noon.

    10 He became very hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, he fell into a trance.

    11 He saw heaven opened, and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

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

    13 Then a voice said to him, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'

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

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    16 This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.

    17 While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius had asked for Simon’s house and stood at the gate.

    18 They called out, asking if Simon, also known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.

    19 While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Behold, three men are looking for you.'

    20 Now rise, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, for I have sent them.

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    27 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found many people gathered.

    28 He said to them, 'You know it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.'

    29 That is why I came without objection when I was sent for. Now may I ask why you sent for me?

    30 Cornelius replied, 'Four days ago at this very hour, I was fasting and praying in my house at three in the afternoon, and suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me.

    31 He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

    32 Send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.'

  • Acts 10:3-6
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    3 One afternoon, about three o’clock, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying, 'Cornelius.'

    4 Cornelius gazed at him in fear and asked, 'What is it, Lord?' The angel replied, 'Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.'

    5 Now send men to Joppa and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

    6 He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do.

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

  • 34 Then Peter began to speak: 'Now I truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

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    12 The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.

    13 He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send men to Joppa and bring back Simon, who is called Peter.

  • Mark 7:18-19
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    18 And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

    19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.)

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    22 They replied, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man who is well-spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear what you have to say.'

    23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. The next day he got up and went with them. Some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

  • 14 Then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: 'Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.'

  • 46 for they were hearing them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter responded:

  • 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.

  • 9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

  • 44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all who were listening to the message.

  • 47 You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.

  • 7 After much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose me among you so that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

  • 7 For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

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    10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

    11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

  • 20 These are the things that defile a person, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

  • 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.