Romans 14:2
For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
BSB
ASV
One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.
KJV
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
One believeth that he may eat all things - He believes that whatsoever is wholesome and nourishing, whether herbs or flesh - whether enjoined or forbidden by the Mosaic law - may be safely and conscientiously used by every Christian. Another, who is weak, eateth herbs - Certain Jews, lately converted to the Christian faith, and having as yet little knowledge of its doctrines, believe the Mosaic law relative to clean and unclean meats to be still in force; and therefore, when they are in a Gentile country, for fear of being defiled, avoid flesh entirely and live on vegetables.
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1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
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Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
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Romans 14:14I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
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To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it…
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Galatians 2:12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.
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He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure…
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Proverbs 15:17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
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Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.