"But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse."
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Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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.
But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
But food commendeth us not to God: for neither if we eat, are we the better; neither if we eat not, are we the worse.
But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don't eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;