Acts 15:29
that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.
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- Acts 15:20 : 20 but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.
- Acts 21:25 : 25 But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality.”
- 1 Cor 10:18-20 : 18 Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? 19 Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything? 20 No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
- 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
- Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
- Rev 2:20 : 20 But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and by her teaching deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
- 2 Cor 13:11 : 11 Final Exhortations and Greetings Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
- Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
- 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
- Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.
- Jude 1:24 : 24 Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,
- Rom 14:14-15 : 14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean. 15 For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.
- Rom 14:20-21 : 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
- Acts 18:21 : 21 but said farewell to them and added,“I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,
- Lev 17:14 : 14 for the life of all flesh is its blood. So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing because the life of every living thing is its blood– all who eat it will be cut off.
- Luke 9:61 : 61 Yet another said,“I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”
- Acts 23:30 : 30 When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.
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- Acts 15:19-202 verses87%
19 “Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,
20 but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.
- Acts 21:24-252 verses86%
24 take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.
25 But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality.”
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28 For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:
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30 So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter.
- 1 Cor 10:27-282 verses72%
27 If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.
28 But if someone says to you,“This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience–
- 1 Thess 4:2-32 verses72%
2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,
- 1 Cor 5:9-113 verses72%
9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
10 In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.
11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
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14 Avoid Idol Feasts So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
- Rom 14:19-213 verses72%
19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.
20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.
21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
- Acts 15:24-252 verses72%
24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,
25 we have unanimously decided to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,
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3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.
- 1 Pet 4:2-43 verses69%
2 in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.
3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
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14 and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.
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17 Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
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32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
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18 Flee sexual immorality!“Every sin a person commits is outside of the body”– but the immoral person sins against his own body.
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35 I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.
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17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!
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22 Stay away from every form of evil.
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14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.
- Rom 14:15-162 verses68%
15 For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.
16 Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.
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15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
- 1 Cor 8:8-103 verses68%
8 Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.
9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.
10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?
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19 Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?
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11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
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15 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;
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1 Celibacy and Marriage Now with regard to the issues you wrote about:“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
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5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
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21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”
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5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.
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15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
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34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.
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18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
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13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.
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11 Final Exhortations and Greetings Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.