Lexicon :: Strong's G2068 - esthiō

It is a good thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.[fn]

But whoever doubts stands condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith,[fn] and everything that is not from faith is sin.

Food will not bring us close to God.[fn] We are not worse off if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.

For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged[fn] to eat food offered to idols?

Therefore, if food causes my brother or sister to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother or sister to fall.

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

Don’t you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?

Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to party.[fn]

Consider the people of Israel.[fn] Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?

Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience,

If any of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions for the sake of conscience.

But if someone says to you, “This is food from a sacrifice,” do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.[fn]

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

For at the meal, each one eats his own supper.[fn] So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!

Don’t you have homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you in this matter!

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

So, then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sin against the body[fn] and blood of the Lord.

Let a person examine himself; in this way let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.

For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body,[fn] eats and drinks judgment on himself.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, welcome one another.[fn]

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgment. I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come.

In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”

Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and provide for themselves.[fn]

“But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block[fn] in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

“But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat meat sacrificed to idols.