Acts 15:29
To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
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Acts 15:29
To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
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Genesis 4:7
If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.
Jonah 4:4
And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry?
2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.
Philippians 4:14
But you did well to have care for me in my need.
James 2:8
But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
1 Peter 2:20
What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.
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Exodus 34:15
So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,
Numbers 25:1
Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
Daniel 1:8
And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.
Romans 14:15
And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.
1 Corinthians 8:7
Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.
1 Corinthians 8:8
But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.
1 Corinthians 8:9
But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.
1 Corinthians 8:11
And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.
1 Corinthians 8:12
And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.
1 Corinthians 8:13
For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
1 Corinthians 10:23
We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.
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Leviticus 7:6
Every male among the priests may have it as food in a holy place: it is most holy.
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Leviticus 18:8
And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
Deuteronomy 22:30
A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.
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Ezekiel 44:7
To have let men from strange lands, without circumcision of heart or flesh, come into my holy place, making my house unclean; and to have made the offering of my food, even the fat and the blood; and in addition to all your disgusting ways, you have let my agreement be broken.
Matthew 26:28
Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
1 Corinthians 10:16
The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?
Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
Hebrews 10:29
But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
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Zechariah 9:7
And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his disgusting things from between his teeth; and some of his people will be kept for our God: and he will be as a family in Judah, and Ekron as one living in Jerusalem.
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Zechariah 12:1
The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:
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Matthew 25:21
His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
Matthew 25:22
And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more.
Matthew 25:23
His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
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Luke 2:51
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
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Acts 8:38
And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.
Acts 27:3
And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.
Acts 27:31
But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.
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Acts 14:8
And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.
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Acts 15:6
And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
Acts 15:7
And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.
Acts 15:9
Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
Acts 15:11
But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.
Acts 15:13
And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:
Acts 15:22
Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:
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Acts 16:3
Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.
Acts 21:20
And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:
Galatians 2:2
And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
Galatians 2:3
But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was made to undergo circumcision:
Galatians 2:4
And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;
Galatians 6:12
Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.
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Luke 21:34
But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
Romans 8:13
For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
Romans 13:13
With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?
2 Corinthians 6:11
Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.
Galatians 5:16
But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:20
Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
Galatians 5:21
Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
Colossians 3:5
Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
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Leviticus 11:8
Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.
Isaiah 52:11
Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.
Matthew 15:11
Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
Acts 10:14
But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.
Acts 10:28
And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:
Acts 11:7
And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.
Acts 11:8
But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.
Romans 14:2
One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Colossians 2:16
For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:
Colossians 2:21
Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,
1 Timothy 4:3
Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
1 Timothy 4:5
For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
Titus 1:15
To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.
Hebrews 9:9
And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,
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Matthew 16:19
I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.
Matthew 18:18
Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.
John 20:23
Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins.
1 Corinthians 5:4
In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
1 Corinthians 5:5
That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 2:10
But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;
Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.
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1 Corinthians 5:9
In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;
1 Corinthians 5:10
But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:
1 Corinthians 5:11
But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
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1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.
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Galatians 2:11
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.
Galatians 2:12
For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
Galatians 2:13
And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
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1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
1 Corinthians 6:19
Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;
2 Corinthians 12:21
And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
Galatians 5:18
But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
2 Timothy 2:22
But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
Hebrews 12:16
And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
1 Peter 2:11
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
1 Peter 4:2
So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
2 Peter 2:19
Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
Revelation 2:15
And you have those who keep the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Revelation 21:8
But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
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Philippians 4:4
Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.
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1 Thessalonians 5:16
Have joy at all times.
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2 Peter 1:19
And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
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1 John 2:15
Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:16
Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
1 John 2:17
And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
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1 Thessalonians 4:7
Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
Revelation 2:21
And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.
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Jude 1:20
But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
Revelation 2:26
He who overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him I will give rule over the nations,
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Revelation 3:8
I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
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Revelation 14:14
And I saw a white cloud, and on the cloud I saw one seated, like a son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp curved blade.
Revelation 14:15
And another angel came out from the house of God, crying with a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, Put in your blade, and let the grain be cut: because the hour for cutting it is come; for the grain of the earth is over-ready.
Revelation 14:16
And he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut.
Revelation 14:17
And another angel came out from the house of God which is in heaven, having a sharp curved blade.
Revelation 14:20
And the grapes were crushed under foot outside the town, and blood came out from them, even to the head-bands of the horses, two hundred miles.
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