Acts 10:15

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Acts 10:15

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

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To them Peter said, "You know yourselves it is illegal for a Jew to join or accost anyone belonging to another nation; but God has shown me that I must not call any man common or unclean,

But a voice answered me for the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common.'

in cleansing their hearts by faith he made not the slightest distinction between us and them.

it is not what enters a man's mouth that defiles him, what defiles a man is what comes out of his mouth."

Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud One resembling a human being, a golden crown upon his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Eat any food that has been sold in the market, instead of letting scruples of conscience oblige you to ask any questions about it;

Before certain emissaries of James arrived, he ate along with the Gentile Christians; but when they arrived, he began to draw back and hold aloof, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

For the pure all things are pure, but nothing is pure for the polluted and unbelieving; their very mind and conscience are polluted.

(which foreshadowed the present age) was still standing, with its offerings of gifts and sacrifices which cannot possibly make the conscience of the worshipper perfect,