Leviticus 11:47 Cross References

Leviticus 11:47

47: so you can distinguish between what is unclean and may not be eaten and what is clean and may be eaten."

You are to distinguish between what is holy and what is ordinary, what is ceremonially unclean and what is clean.

They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.

For instance, one person believes it is all right to eat anything. But another believer who has a sensitive conscience will eat only vegetables.
Those who think it is all right to eat anything must not look down on those who won't. And those who won't eat certain foods must not condemn those who do, for God has accepted them.

Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."

So don't condemn each other anymore. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not put an obstacle in another Christian's path.
I know and am perfectly sure on the authority of the Lord Jesus that no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat. But if someone believes it is wrong, then for that person it is wrong.
And if another Christian is distressed by what you eat, you are not acting in love if you eat it. Don't let your eating ruin someone for whom Christ died.
Then you will not be condemned for doing something you know is all right.
For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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