'Eat' in the Bible

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer who is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or verbally abusive, a drunkard or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

However, not everyone has this knowledge. In fact, some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food offered to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.

For if someone sees you, the one who has this knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols?

Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother to fall.

Don’t we have the right to eat and drink?

Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

Don’t you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?

Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.

Look at the people of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in what is offered on the altar?

Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake,

If one of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions of conscience.

But if someone says to you, “This is food offered to an idol,” do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for conscience’ sake.

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s glory.

Therefore, when you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s Supper.

Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

So a man should examine himself; in this way he should eat the bread and drink from the cup.

Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgment. And I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come.

If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.