3 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.
4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
Genesis 1:28 - God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subd... Click to read the verse Genesis 1:28 Click to read the verse Genesis 1:28
Genesis 9:3 - Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I no... Click to read the verse Genesis 9:3 Click to read the verse Genesis 9:3
1 Timothy 4:4 - For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanks... Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 4:4 Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 4:4
Hebrews 13:4 - Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adult... Click to read the verse Hebrews 13:4 Click to read the verse Hebrews 13:4
1 Timothy 5:14 - So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the e... Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 5:14 Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 5:14
Colossians 2:21 - “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? Click to read the verse Colossians 2:21 Click to read the verse Colossians 2:21
Genesis 1:29-30 - Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tr... Click to read the verse Genesis 1:29-30 Click to read the verse Genesis 1:29-30
Colossians 2:16 - Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious f... Click to read the verse Colossians 2:16 Click to read the verse Colossians 2:16
Romans 14:3 - The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not ea... Click to read the verse Romans 14:3 Click to read the verse Romans 14:3
Romans 14:17 - For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and ... Click to read the verse Romans 14:17 Click to read the verse Romans 14:17
Luke 24:30 - When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it t... Click to read the verse Luke 24:30 Click to read the verse Luke 24:30
1 Corinthians 7:2 - But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her ow... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 7:2 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 7:2
Ecclesiastes 5:18 - Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:18 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:18
Revelation 14:4 - These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they kept themselves pure. They f... Click to read the verse Revelation 14:4 Click to read the verse Revelation 14:4
Colossians 2:20-23 - Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belo... Click to read the verse Colossians 2:20-23 Click to read the verse Colossians 2:20-23
Hebrews 13:9 - Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be stren... Click to read the verse Hebrews 13:9 Click to read the verse Hebrews 13:9
1 Corinthians 8:8 - But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 8:8 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 8:8
1 Timothy 3:2 - Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlle... Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 3:2 Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 3:2
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 - Stand Firm But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from t... Click to read the verse 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 Click to read the verse 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
Matthew 14:19 - And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish an... Click to read the verse Matthew 14:19 Click to read the verse Matthew 14:19
Romans 14:6 - He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for... Click to read the verse Romans 14:6 Click to read the verse Romans 14:6
John 6:23 - Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after ... Click to read the verse John 6:23 Click to read the verse John 6:23
1 Samuel 9:13 - As soon as you enter the town, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. Th... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 9:13 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 9:13
Colossians 3:17 - And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving t... Click to read the verse Colossians 3:17 Click to read the verse Colossians 3:17
John 8:31-32 - The Children of Abraham To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teachi... Click to read the verse John 8:31-32 Click to read the verse John 8:31-32
Ecclesiastes 7:16 - Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise— why destroy yourself? Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 7:16 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 7:16
Colossians 2:23 - Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their fa... Click to read the verse Colossians 2:23 Click to read the verse Colossians 2:23
1 Corinthians 9:5 - Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and th... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 9:5 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 9:5
1 Corinthians 6:13 - “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food”—but God will destroy them both. The body is not... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:13 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:13
1 Timothy 2:4 - who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 2:4 Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 2:4
Daniel 11:37 - He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by women, nor will he... Click to read the verse Daniel 11:37 Click to read the verse Daniel 11:37
Matthew 8:14 - Jesus Heals Many When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed ... Click to read the verse Matthew 8:14 Click to read the verse Matthew 8:14
Acts 27:35 - After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he bro... Click to read the verse Acts 27:35 Click to read the verse Acts 27:35
Matthew 15:36 - Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gav... Click to read the verse Matthew 15:36 Click to read the verse Matthew 15:36
Matthew 19:10 - The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better n... Click to read the verse Matthew 19:10 Click to read the verse Matthew 19:10
1 Corinthians 10:30-31 - If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank G... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 10:30-31 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 10:30-31
1 Timothy 4:5 - because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 4:5 Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 4:5
1 Timothy 5:11 - As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome ... Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 5:11 Click to read the verse 1 Timothy 5:11
1 Corinthians 7:28 - But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But thos... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 7:28 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 7:28
Acts 10:13-15 - Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.” Click to read the verse Acts 10:13-15 Click to read the verse Acts 10:13-15
1 Corinthians 7:36-39 - If anyone thinks he is acting improperly toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if she is gett... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 7:36-39 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 7:36-39