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1Cr 8:8 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

meat		1Cr 6:13; Rom 14:17; Col 2:20-23; Hbr 13:9
are we the better		or, have we the more. are we the worse. or, have we the less.

Correlating Passages

meat

	1Cr 6:13	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.
	Rom 14:17	For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
	Col 2:20	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,
	Col 2:21	(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
	Col 2:22	Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
	Col 2:23	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.
	Hbr 13:9	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.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Corinthians 8:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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