4 Bible Verses about Meat

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; but if any one thinks that any thing is unclean, to him it is unclean. But if your brother is grieved on account of your food, you no longer walk according to love. Do not, with your food, destroy him, for whom Christ died. Therefore, let not that which is your good be evil spoken of. read more.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For he who serves the Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men. Therefore, let us seek those things which belong to peace, and those which tend to mutual edification. Destroy not the work of God on account of food. All meats, indeed, are clean; but meat is an evil to that man who, by eating, causes another to stumble. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing by which your brother stumbles, or is ensnared, or is made weak. Have you faith? Have it to yourself before God. Blessed is he who condemns not himself in that which he approves. But he that doubts is condemned, if he eat, because he eats not with faith. Every thing that is not of faith, is sin.

Now, with respect to meats offered to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up with pride, but love edifies. If any one thinks that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet, as he ought to know it: but if any one loves God, he is taught by him). read more.
With respect, then, to the eating of meats offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. For though there are those which are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are many gods, and many lords,) yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. But all have not this knowledge; for some, under the persuasion that an idol is a reality, even yet eat meat, as if it were offered to an idol, and their conscience being weak, is defiled. But meat commends us not to God; for, neither if we eat are we better, nor, if we eat not, are we worse. But take heed, lest, by any means, this right of yours become a stumbling-block to those who are weak. For, if any one see you, who have knowledge, reclining at table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened, so that he will eat meats offered to idols? and will not the weak brother, for whom Christ died, perish through your knowledge? But if you sin in this way against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. For which reason, if meat cause my brother to fall, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge you what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the participation of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the participation of the body of the Christ? read more.
Because the loaf is one, we, the many, are one body, for we are all partakers of the one loaf. Look at Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers with the altar? What, then, do I say? That an idol is any thing? or, that what is sacrificed to an idol is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gen tiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. I do not wish you to be partakers with demons. You can not drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you can not be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All meats are lawful for me; but all are not profitable; all are lawful, but all do not edify. Let no one seek his own, but each the welfare of the other. Any thing that is sold in the market, eat, asking no questions on account of conscience: for the earth and its fullness are the Lord s. If any one of the unbelievers invites you to a feast, and you are disposed to go, eat any thing that is set before you, asking no questions for conscience sake. But if any one say to you: This is sacrificed to idols; eat not, for the sake of him that pointed it out, and for conscience sake: conscience, I say, not your own, but that of the other. Why, then, is my liberty judged by the conscience of another? If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of on account of that for which I give thanks? Whether, therefore, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no occasion for stumbling, either to the Jews, or to the Greeks, or to the church of God; even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own good, but that of the many, in order that they may be saved.

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; but if any one thinks that any thing is unclean, to him it is unclean. But if your brother is grieved on account of your food, you no longer walk according to love. Do not, with your food, destroy him, for whom Christ died. Therefore, let not that which is your good be evil spoken of. read more.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For he who serves the Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men. Therefore, let us seek those things which belong to peace, and those which tend to mutual edification. Destroy not the work of God on account of food. All meats, indeed, are clean; but meat is an evil to that man who, by eating, causes another to stumble. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing by which your brother stumbles, or is ensnared, or is made weak. Have you faith? Have it to yourself before God. Blessed is he who condemns not himself in that which he approves. But he that doubts is condemned, if he eat, because he eats not with faith. Every thing that is not of faith, is sin.

Now, with respect to meats offered to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up with pride, but love edifies. If any one thinks that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet, as he ought to know it: but if any one loves God, he is taught by him). read more.
With respect, then, to the eating of meats offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. For though there are those which are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are many gods, and many lords,) yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. But all have not this knowledge; for some, under the persuasion that an idol is a reality, even yet eat meat, as if it were offered to an idol, and their conscience being weak, is defiled. But meat commends us not to God; for, neither if we eat are we better, nor, if we eat not, are we worse. But take heed, lest, by any means, this right of yours become a stumbling-block to those who are weak. For, if any one see you, who have knowledge, reclining at table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened, so that he will eat meats offered to idols? and will not the weak brother, for whom Christ died, perish through your knowledge? But if you sin in this way against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. For which reason, if meat cause my brother to fall, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge you what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the participation of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the participation of the body of the Christ? read more.
Because the loaf is one, we, the many, are one body, for we are all partakers of the one loaf. Look at Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers with the altar? What, then, do I say? That an idol is any thing? or, that what is sacrificed to an idol is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gen tiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. I do not wish you to be partakers with demons. You can not drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you can not be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All meats are lawful for me; but all are not profitable; all are lawful, but all do not edify. Let no one seek his own, but each the welfare of the other. Any thing that is sold in the market, eat, asking no questions on account of conscience: for the earth and its fullness are the Lord s. If any one of the unbelievers invites you to a feast, and you are disposed to go, eat any thing that is set before you, asking no questions for conscience sake. But if any one say to you: This is sacrificed to idols; eat not, for the sake of him that pointed it out, and for conscience sake: conscience, I say, not your own, but that of the other. Why, then, is my liberty judged by the conscience of another? If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of on account of that for which I give thanks? Whether, therefore, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no occasion for stumbling, either to the Jews, or to the Greeks, or to the church of God; even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own good, but that of the many, in order that they may be saved.