Like many of us, I’ve taken Mark 7:17-19 where Jesus declares all foods clean at face value. Jesus says it’s clean - it’s clean, right? But is that what He meant? OR did He mean we are spiritually clean - that no food can come between us and God?
Did the food God forbid His people to eat, calling it “detestable” according to some translations, suddenly become fine? Does Yahweh change?
Honestly, I haven’t wanted to dig deeper because, well, bacon. And lobster. And scallops. And, dadgummit, I finally learned to love eating raw oysters.
What I discovered is that there is no consensus on this topic. And in this week’s podcast I’m not trying to sway you one way or the other. Instead, we’re talking through some of the specifics of God’s directive and considering why He may have warned against pork and shellfish. I would love to hear your thoughts once you take a listen!
EPISODE 106: Should We Eat Pork and Shellfish?
SHOW NOTES
(0:00) Intro
Hello my friend, welcome back to the club!
Today we’re talking about if we should eat pork and shellfish as Christians.
When we had Dr. Axe on, he said he does not eat pork or shellfish.
I knew then, that it was time to dig in for more information.
Please take this food for thought and do what you want with it, this is not a food prescription!
(3:47) Digging into the dietary food laws:
Leviticus:
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat: 3 You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.
The animals the Bible specifically mentions that do not make that cut because they do not meet both of these criteria (they might meet one but not both) : the camel, the hyrax, the rabbit and the pig. And the Bible says:
8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
When it comes to the seafood the Bible says:
9 “‘Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales.
12 Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be regarded as unclean by you.
The Bible also say it is : Detestable to you - pretty strong language
Mark 7:14-19
Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” [16]
17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? 19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
There’s an interesting passage in the Bible where God uses overcoming food rules to teach Peter a lesson. In Acts 10:9-16, Peter has a vision of all kinds of animals descending from the heavens - some that would have been considered “clean” by Jewisy dietary law and some that wouldn’t. There came a voice that said,
“Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
This was puzzling to Peter and while he was wondering what God was trying to tell him about meat, he was called to the house of Cornelius, a Gentile, who believed in Jesus and wanted to be a follower.
Turns out, Peter’s vision was not about unclean meat but about “unclean” people. People outside the Jewish religion and culture were considered unclean. The disciples had been targeting fellow Jews in spreading the message of Jesus. But just because the Gentiles were not following Jewish ways, including dietary habits, God was telling Peter that Jesus is for everybody.
(8:20) Scripture continues to to guide us:
1 Corinthians 8:8
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.
Romans 14:1-3
Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.
We all know that Jesus declared all foods clean and that we are not bound by any religious laws about what we should eat. Nothing that you eat can come between you and the Lord. But does that mean the actual food is clean?
“I the LORD do not change - Malachi 3:6
I don’t think Jesus ate pork or shellfish.
Let’s also remember that Jesus sent a bunch of demons out of a man and into a herd of pigs.
Matthew 5: When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”
9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
(12:12) What’s wrong with pigs?
Well let’s start with the two criteria given by God - they must have split hooves and they must chew the cud. However, some of the animals meet one of the criteria but not both and that includes the pig which does have a split hoof but does not chew the cud. The camel, on the other hand, chews the cud but does not have a split hoof.
Leviticus 11:7 And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
(12:55) So what is the significance of chewing the cud?
Animals that chew their cud are known as ruminants.
Ruminant animals are herbivores - meaning they only eat plants - and they have a unique digestive system - Instead of one compartment to the stomach they have four.
The largest compartment and the main place for digestion is the rumen. It’s filled with billions of tiny microorganisms that are able to break down grass and other tough plant matter that animals with one stomach (like humans, chickens and pigs) cannot digest.
Ruminant animals include cattle, deer, goats, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose and elk which would all be acceptable as food according to God’s law.
The bacteria in the rumen help the animal digest, extract nutrients and turn their food into energy. We as humans have some of that going on in the large intestine but ruminants are uniquely adapted for microbial fermentation in the rumen to be able to process plant matter in a way that we as humans cannot. The rumen is like a big fermentation factory.
This is why they can eat grass and other plant roughage that we cannot. And because they are able to do that, we as humans reap the benefits of the plant nutrition by way of the animal as an intermediary that processes it for us through this specially designed stomach where all of this magic happens.
The earth nourishes the animal and the animal, in turn, nourishes us. What we cannot digest, these ruminants can, and so we get nutrition by eating both plants and animals.
Pigs process their food in about four hours - unlike a ruminant which takes closer to 24 hours - so there’s not a lot of detox time to help filter out these bad bacteria, tapeworms and other parasites and they end up getting stored in the pig’s body, especially in the fat.
Both animals and humans store toxins in fat - we’re designed this way to help keep toxins away from our vital organs. The fat acts as kind of a buffer.
Animals also store toxins in their fat and other parts of their body so, overall, we do run the risk of ingesting them when we eat any pork.
Another thing we have to remember is that pigs eat dirty. They are scavengers. They will eat just about anything including their own poop and the carcasses of other dead pigs.
We are what we eat EATS so that can be a problem for us as pork eaters.
(19:24) Considering the types of fatty acids:
Another point we want to consider with pigs is that their meat is typically higher in Omega-6 fatty acids than ruminants like cattle. Too many Omega6s in the diet create inflammation in the body.
You know how I’m always talking about how unhealthy vegetable and seed oils are? Well that’s mostly because they are high in Omega-6 fatty acids which are pro-inflammatory.
Now, we need omega-6s in the body but we don’t want to get too many and we don’t want to get too many out of ratio to Omega3 fatty acids. It’s why you hear so much about the importance of getting Omega’s 3 like fish oil because they are anti-inflammatory.
Pork has a high concentration of Omega-6. Part of that is because of the way pigs digest - which is different from ruminant animals - and part of it is because of the way pigs eat and are fed.
They are fed high amounts of soy and corn which are high in Omega-6 and because they lack the benefit of the rumen for processing, it ends up more directly in the meat on your plate. And a side note here, it’s the same with chicken.
Ruminants have a better omega 6 : omega 3 ratio - they have less Omega 6s.
For instance: Pork bacon has 8000mg of Linoleic acid (which is an Omega-6 fatty acid) whereas beef only has 159mg. That’s a huge difference.
One more thing about the benefit of ruminant animals. Through the bacterial fermentation process that happens in their rumen, they actually make a beneficial Omega-6 fatty acid - one that is good - called Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA). Studies also show that it is:
Anti-carcinogenic
Reduces atherosclerosis
Enhances immune system
Helps Prevent diabetes
Enhances bone formation
(24:28) Let’s talk scripture on shellfish:
Leviticus 11:9-10
“Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is detestable to you. You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.”
There are two groups of shellfish:
Crustaceans (such as shrimp, crab and lobster)
Mollusks (such as clams, mussels, oysters, scallops and octopus).
And fish that don’t have fins or scales include things like catfish, sharks, rays and eels.
A big hangup I have with this commandment is that some of these shellfish are good sources of protein and amazing sources of certain nutrients like zinc with oysters and iodine with shrimp.
Shellfish are high in selenium which, along with iodine, are so important for the thyroid.
There’s a lesser known crustacean called krill that is a good source of Omega-3 fatty acids - some people take krill oil to get that. Krill oil also contains a very potent antioxidant called astaxanthin - taking a supplement with astaxanthin helps prevent sunburns.
(28:45) Why did God pack these little creatures full of nutrients that we need and, in some cases, are hard to come by, but then forbid his people from eating them?
Crustaceans (which include shrimp, lobster and crab) are scavengers - kind of like pigs. They’re like the pigs of the ocean if you will.
Dr. Jockers describes them as the “cleanup crew that breaks down dead and decaying matter.” Actually, Dr. Jockers describes lobsters as the vulture of the ocean. God’s people are also directed not to eat vultures and I assume it’s for this same scavenging type reason which, in general, put these animals at a greater risk of toxic load which could be passed on to us.
Shrimp, lobster and crabs are bottom dwellers that sweep along the ocean floor and eat debris and things that have died and floated to the bottom.
Toxic industry products like plastics and pesticides and other environmental pollutants end up at the bottom of the water where the bottom dwellers hang out.
These have xenoestrogens which are compounds that act like estrogen in the body and can lead to estrogen dominance and hormonal disruption. So there is potential for them contributing that to your body as well.
Shellfish are a top allergen and apparently send more people to the hospital each year than any other food allergen response.
(30:49) What about mollusks? What about clams, oysters, scallops and even squid?
Dr Jockers explains that “mollusks are found in coastal areas, streams and lakes and are considered filter feeders. They are stationary creatures who don’t hunt out food, but instead they pump water over their gills, trapping pieces of salt, silt, bacteria, plant debris, viruses and parasites to consume. They are the ultimate filter feeders that exist to help purify the water.”
It’s great that they help purify the water, but it’s not so great that they consume the impurities of the water. Their toxic load includes the heavy metals that accumulate in our oceans.
The bottom line is that there is the potential of more exposure to bad bacteria, parasites, heavy metals and xenoestrogens.
(31:58) Birds and Bugs
Of the birds, the following ones must not be eaten: the eagle, the vulture, the kite, the falcon, the raven, the owl, the hawk, the osprey, the stork, the heron, the hoopoe and the bat. Lev 11:13-19
You can eat locusts, crickets and grasshoppers but every other flying insect that has four feet is detestable to you. Lev 11:22
I wanted to quickly touch on bug protein because I think it’s interesting and we know John the Baptist ate locusts and honey.
It reminds me of studying the work of Dr. Weston A Price, a dentist who traveled the world in the 1930’s studying nutrition of isolated indigenous people
Dr. Price found native people all over the world eating different foods based on location, season and availability which did include things like pork and shellfish.
(36:21) Closing Thoughts:
I want to reinforce as we wrap up here that I’m not telling you what to do one way or the other.
What I do know is that there is no food that can come between you and the Lord - it has no bearing on our salvation. We are not bound by food rules. You are not a better or worse person if you eat or don’t eat any of these foods or even if you live off of sugar and white flour.
Leviticus 11:7-8 KJV
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Isaiah 66:17 KJV
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Deuteronomy 14:8 KJV
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
Leviticus 11:7 KJV
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Romans 14:14 KJV
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Mark 7:19 KJV
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Matthew 5:17-19 KJV
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
1 Timothy 4:3-5 KJV
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
1 Corinthians 10:25 KJV
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
Isaiah 65:2-4 KJV
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Isaiah 65:4 KJV
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Matthew 15:11 KJV
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Acts 10:14 KJV
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
Mark 7:18 KJV
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Leviticus 11:3 KJV
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
Isaiah 66:3 KJV
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Acts 10:15 KJV
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Colossians 2:16 KJV
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Colossians 2:16-17 KJV
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Deuteronomy 14:21 KJV
Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
1 Timothy 4:1 KJV
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Mark 7:18-19 KJV
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
1 Timothy 4:5 KJV
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
1 Timothy 4:4 KJV
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Malachi 3:6 KJV
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Hebrews 13:8 KJV
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Leviticus 11:44 KJV
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus 11:8 KJV
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Acts 10:28 KJV
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Isaiah 66:15-17 KJV
For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Leviticus 19:2 KJV
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Ephesians 1:4 KJV
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Romans 14:21 KJV
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Acts 15:29 KJV
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Genesis 9:3 KJV
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Matthew 5:17 KJV
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Acts 10:17 KJV
Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,
Leviticus 11:20 KJV
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
Romans 10:4 KJV
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Romans 14:2-3 KJV
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Hebrews 8:13 KJV
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Acts 21:25 KJV
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
Leviticus 11:4 KJV
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
James 1:17 KJV
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Leviticus 5:2 KJV
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
Colossians 2:20-23 KJV
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, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Leviticus 22:8 KJV
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
Romans 7:12 KJV
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Colossians 2:14 KJV
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Leviticus 11:10 KJV
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
1 Peter 1:14-16 KJV
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Leviticus 3:17 KJV
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
Colossians 2:20 KJV
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,
Genesis 7:2 KJV
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
1 Corinthians 8:8 KJV
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.
1 Corinthians 10:25-27 KJV
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof. If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
Leviticus 11:2 KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Isaiah 65:2-5 KJV
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
Revelation 1:1 KJV
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Leviticus 20:7 KJV
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Acts 10:13 KJV
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Romans 14:2 KJV
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
1 Corinthians 8:4-7 KJV
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
Revelation 18:2 KJV
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Genesis 4:4 KJV
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Matthew 15:17 KJV
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Leviticus 11:9 KJV
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
Leviticus 11:1 KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Genesis 8:20 KJV
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Acts 15:20 KJV
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Leviticus 19:19 KJV
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
Romans 6:14 KJV
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
2 Peter 2:22 KJV
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Colossians 2:13 KJV
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Colossians 2:8 KJV
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Proverbs 23:2 KJV
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
1 Timothy 4:3 KJV
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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