Romans 14:20
Do not undo God's work for the sake of what you eat. Though everything is 'clean,' yet, if a man eats so as to put a stumbling- block in the way of others, he does wrong.
Romans 14:14-15
Through my union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am persuaded that nothing is 'defiling in itself.' A thing is 'defiling' only to him who holds it to be so.
Acts 10:15
Again he was aware of a voice which said-- "What God has pronounced 'clean', do not regard as 'defiled'."
Titus 1:15
Everything is pure to the pure-minded, but to those whose minds are polluted and who are unbelievers nothing is pure. Their minds and consciences are alike polluted.
Matthew 15:11
It is not what enters a man's mouth that 'defiles' him, but what comes out from his mouth--that does defile him!"
Matthew 18:6
But, if any one puts a snare in the way of one of these lowly ones who believe in me, it would be best for him to be sunk in the depths of the sea with a great millstone hung round his neck.
Romans 14:21
The right course is to abstain from meat or wine or, indeed, anything that is a stumbling-block to your Brother.
1 Corinthians 6:12-13
Everything is allowable for me! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable for me! Yes, but for my part, I will not let myself be enslaved by anything.
1 Corinthians 8:8-13
What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it.
1 Corinthians 10:31-33
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honor of God.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.
Philippians 1:6
For of this I am confident, that he who began a good work in you will complete it in readiness for the Day of Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 4:3-5
and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the Faith and have attained a full knowledge of the Truth.