1 Timothy 4:3
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3 (A)who forbid marriage and (B)require abstinence from foods (C)that God created (D)to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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1 Timothy 4:4
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4 For (A)everything created by God is good, and (B)nothing is to be rejected if it is (C)received with thanksgiving,
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Hebrews 13:4
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4 (A)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge (B)the sexually immoral and adulterous.
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Romans 14:6
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6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since (A)he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
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Genesis 9:3
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3 (A)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And (B)as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
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Colossians 2:16
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Let No One Disqualify You
16 Therefore let no one (A)pass judgment on you (B)in questions of food and drink, or with regard to (C)a festival or (D)a new moon or a Sabbath.
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1 Corinthians 10:30-31
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30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that (A)for which I give thanks?
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or (B)whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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1 Corinthians 8:8
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8 (A)Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.
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1 Corinthians 7:28
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28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman[a] marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:28 Greek virgin; also verse 34
Hebrews 13:9
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9 Do not be (A)led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, (B)not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
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Colossians 3:17
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17 And (A)whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, (B)giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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Colossians 2:20-23
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20 If with Christ (A)you died to the (B)elemental spirits of the world, (C)why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 (D)“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ((E)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to (F)human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in (G)promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are (H)of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
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Romans 14:3
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3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and (A)let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.
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