So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them.

你们不要被那诸般怪异的教训勾引了去；因为人心靠恩得坚固才是好的，并不是靠饮食。那在饮食上专心的从来没有得着益处。

你们不要被种种怪异的教训勾引了去，因为人的心靠恩典得坚固才是好的，并不是靠饮食。那在饮食上用心的，从来没有得到益处。

你们不要被种种怪异的教训勾引了去，因为人的心靠恩典得坚固才是好的，并不是靠饮食。那在饮食上用心的，从来没有得到益处。

你们不要被五花八门的异端邪说勾引了去，因为心中得到力量是靠上帝的恩典，而不是靠饮食上的礼仪，这些礼仪从未使遵守的人受益。

你们不要被各样怪异的教训勾引去了。人心靠着恩典，而不是靠着食物得到坚定，才是好的；因为那些拘守食物的人，从来没有得过益处。

你们不要被各种怪异的教导引入歧途，因为人的心靠恩典，不靠食物规定得以确立才是好的；那靠食物规定而行事的人，从来没有得到什么益处。

你們不要被那諸般怪異的教訓勾引了去；因為人心靠恩得堅固才是好的，並不是靠飲食。那在飲食上專心的從來沒有得着益處。

你們不要被種種怪異的教訓勾引了去，因為人的心靠恩典得堅固才是好的，並不是靠飲食。那在飲食上用心的，從來沒有得到益處。

你們不要被種種怪異的教訓勾引了去，因為人的心靠恩典得堅固才是好的，並不是靠飲食。那在飲食上用心的，從來沒有得到益處。

你們不要被五花八門的異端邪說勾引了去，因為心中得到力量是靠上帝的恩典，而不是靠飲食上的禮儀，這些禮儀從未使遵守的人受益。

你們不要被各樣怪異的教訓勾引去了。人心靠著恩典，而不是靠著食物得到堅定，才是好的；因為那些拘守食物的人，從來沒有得過益處。

別被各殊而怪異的教訓引入歧途了；因為心靠恩惠而得堅固、不靠食物、才是好的；那些專在食物上過生活的人、從沒得過益處。

你們不要被各種怪異的教導引入歧途，因為人的心靠恩典，不靠食物規定得以確立才是好的；那靠食物規定而行事的人，從來沒有得到什麼益處。

勿為異端諸教所蕩、蓋心堅以恩乃善、非以食耳、行乎此者未獲益也、

勿為諸異端煽惑、以恩道堅厥心、則得益、如飲食是別、何益之有、

勿為諸異端所撼、心堅以主恩、非以別飲食之事、乃善也、別飲食之事、行之者從未得益、

莫使支離忘本之異端、搖奪爾之心魂。務宜建樹信心於聖寵之上；勿可拘泥於飲食之事、以此自囿者、未有獲益者也。

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so.

Don’t let all kinds of strange teachings lead you astray. It is good that God’s grace makes our hearts strong. Don’t try to grow strong by eating foods that the law requires. They have no value for the people who eat them.

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by food regulations, since those who observe them have not benefited.

Do not be misled by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.

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.

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.

Those who worship the Lord on a special day do it to honor him. Those who eat any kind of food do so to honor the Lord, since they give thanks to God before eating. And those who refuse to eat certain foods also want to please the Lord and give thanks to God.

Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.

When these people eat with you in your fellowship meals commemorating the Lord’s love, they are like dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you. They are like shameless shepherds who care only for themselves. They are like clouds blowing over the land without giving any rain. They are like trees in autumn that are doubly dead, for they bear no fruit and have been pulled up by the roots.

Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so called knowledge.

Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following.

Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,“ Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.“ Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food.You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud.You may not, however, eat the following animals that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both. The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you.The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for you.“ Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food. You may eat anything from the water if it has both fins and scales, whether taken from salt water or from streams.But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.They will always be detestable to you. You must never eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies.Any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.“ These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,the kite, falcons of all kinds,ravens of all kinds,the eagle owl, the short eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds,the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,the barn owl, the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture,the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.“ You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you.You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump.The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.“ The following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean. If any of you touch their carcasses, you will be defiled until evening.If you pick up their carcasses, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.“ Any animal that has split hooves that are not evenly divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled.Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are unclean. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening. These animals are unclean for you.“ Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds,the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.“ If such an animal falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed.If the water from such a container spills on any food, the food will be defiled. And any beverage in such a container will be defiled.Any object on which the carcass of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it is an oven or hearth, it must be destroyed, for it is defiled, and you must treat it accordingly.“ However, if the carcass of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water will still be clean. But anyone who touches the carcass will be defiled.If the carcass falls on seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed will still be considered clean.But if the seed is wet when the carcass falls on it, the seed will be defiled.“ If an animal you are permitted to eat dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening.If you eat any of its meat or carry away its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.“ All small animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.This includes all animals that slither along on their bellies, as well as those with four legs and those with many feet. All such animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.Do not defile yourselves by touching them. You must not make yourselves ceremonially unclean because of them.For I am the Lord your God. You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with any of these small animals that scurry along the ground.For I, the Lord, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.“ These are the instructions regarding land animals, birds, marine creatures, and animals that scurry along the ground.By these instructions you will know what is unclean and clean, and which animals may be eaten and which may not be eaten.”

Some people may contradict our teaching, but these are the wholesome teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. These teachings promote a godly life.Anyone who teaches something different is arrogant and lacks understanding. Such a person has an unhealthy desire to quibble over the meaning of words. This stirs up arguments ending in jealousy, division, slander, and evil suspicions.These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.

Timothy, my dear son, be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus.You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others.

And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith by teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.

comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.

They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands of people who have turned away from the truth.Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted.

For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones.

Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead.They will say it is wrong to be married and wrong to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten with thanks by faithful people who know the truth.Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks.For we know it is made acceptable by the word of God and prayer.

Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us,

So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.Don’t let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self denial or the worship of angels, saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud,and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,

I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good Newsbut is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ.Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you.I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcomed, let that person be cursed.

“ No, Lord,” Peter declared.“ I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean.”But the voice spoke again:“ Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.”The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly pulled up to heaven.

Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us.

This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them.For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies— physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established.

I am telling you this so no one will deceive you with well crafted arguments.

“ And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.

Jesus told them,“ Don’t let anyone mislead you,

Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.

Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows that I do.But I will continue doing what I have always done. This will undercut those who are looking for an opportunity to boast that their work is just like ours.These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ.But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.

For instance, one person believes it’s all right to eat anything. But another believer with a sensitive conscience will eat only vegetables.

For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

You say,“ Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for food.”( This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them.) But you can’t say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.

It’s true that we can’t win God’s approval by what we eat. We don’t lose anything if we don’t eat it, and we don’t gain anything if we do.

“ You must not eat any detestable animals that are ceremonially unclean.These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.“ You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud,but if the animal doesn’t have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the hyrax. They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are ceremonially unclean for you.And you may not eat the pig. It has split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is ceremonially unclean for you. You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses.“ Of all the marine animals, you may eat whatever has both fins and scales.You may not, however, eat marine animals that do not have both fins and scales. They are ceremonially unclean for you.“ You may eat any bird that is ceremonially clean.These are the birds you may not eat: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,the kite, the falcon, buzzards of all kinds,ravens of all kinds,the eagle owl, the short eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds,the little owl, the great owl, the barn owl,the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture, the cormorant,the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.“ All winged insects that walk along the ground are ceremonially unclean for you and may not be eaten.But you may eat any winged bird or insect that is ceremonially clean.“ You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the Lord your God.“ You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.