1 Corinthians 10:31
187 helpful votesSo whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
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So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. . . .
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these! . . .
But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. . . .
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death. Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult. Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly. A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing. . . .
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead, for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. You must not eat any detestable thing. These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. . . .
But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. . . .
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. . . .
Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve. . . .
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
For no word from God will ever fail.”
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
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