Acts 10:15

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Summary

Acts 10:15

And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

What

General references

Leviticus 7:19

Bible References

What

He told them, "You understand how wrong it is for a Jew to associate or visit with unbelievers. But God has shown me that I should stop calling anyone common or unclean,

Then the voice from heaven answered a second time, "You must stop calling common what God has made clean!'

He made no distinction between them and us, because of their faith-cleansed hearts.

It is not what goes into the mouth that makes a person unclean. It is what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean."

Then I looked, and there was a white cloud! On the cloud sat someone who was like the Son of Man, with a gold victor's crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question about it on the grounds of conscience,

Until some men arrived from James, he was in the habit of eating with the gentiles, but after those men came, he withdrew from the gentiles and would not associate with them any longer, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

They will try to stop people from marrying and from eating certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, their very way of thinking and their consciences have been corrupted.

This illustration for today indicates that the gifts and sacrifices being offered could not clear the conscience of a worshiper,

General references

"Meat that comes in contact with a ceremonially unclean thing is not to be eaten. Incinerate it instead. As for ceremonially clean meat, anyone who is clean may eat it.