...he taught on this head he was careful to exemplify in his own practice. While he proclaimed aloud, " I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself," with the same breath, and in same tone, he declared, " If meat make my brother to offend,...

...he taught on this head he was careful to exemplify in his own practice. While he proclaimed aloud, " I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself," with the same breath, and in same tone, he declared, " If meat make my brother to offend,...

...the prohibition of fornication. So in chapter 14, verse 14 of his Epistle to the Romans, Paul writes: "I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that...esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean." Also in the Epistle of Paul to Titus, chapter 1 , verse 15: "Unto the pure all things are pure: but...

...shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. Leviticus, 11, 8 2 There is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that...esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with...

...but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there...esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with...

...growth. Second, we must realize that things in themselves do not defile (v. 14) . The apostle says, "I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that...nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean." The key thought is in the phrase "there is nothing unclean...

...all foods 'clean'" (Mark 7:19 NIV). Peter was taught the same lesson (Acts 10:14,15), as was Paul: "I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself (Rom. 14:14). Earlier, Paul had reasoned that to refuse certain meats was a sign of spiritual weakness...

...come from within, and defile the man. Mark 7:14-23 Christian Charity in Matters of Difference 14 / know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there...esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with...

...principles of our liberty in Christ, and begins by reassuring us of the rights of a free conscience. "I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that...nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean" (v. 14). Conscience of itself is not an infallible guide;...

...fully persuaded in his own mind. —ROM. 14:5 There is nothing unclean of it' self: but to him thai esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. — ROM. 14:14 Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. — ROM. 14:22 When...