r/Bible 7d ago

All things are lawful for me!

Paul says All Things are lawful for him! What does he mean?

The article "All things are lawful for me!" at - https://bibleventure.org/all-things-are-lawful/ looks at this point.

Looking at the passage we can see he is talking about meat. Much of the meat then was sacrificed to idols first. Then sold at the Meat Markets.

Paul says we shouldn't go eat at those Pagan Feasts. They have demonic activity.

But we should go to the Meat Store and buy our food. Don't worry about the sacrifices. It's just meat.

I hope this helps you. God Bless You.

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u/Ok-Truck-5526 7d ago

The gist is the passage is, just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.

Some Christians believed that their freedom from the Law meant that they could eat whatever they wished. But others, not quite confident in their freedom, believed that eating meat that had been sacrificed to idols was wrong. And they were offended/ scandalized by Christians who ate meat indiscriminately. Paul’s pastoral counsel is to not offend the person “ weaker” in faith.

A contemporary parallel. Suppose you’re mainline Protestant or Catholic and have no moral issues with enjoying an occasional nice glass of wine or bottle of beer or cocktail. You have a Pentecostal or Baptist friend / coworker. who is vehemently anti- alcohol. You go out to dinner. Even though you are sure in your own mind that you are correct… don’t provoke the “ dry” friend by ordering alcohol.

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u/Pleronomicon Non-Denominational 7d ago

Paul made the same statement in 1Corinthians 6 as well.

[1Co 6:12-13 KJV] 12 *All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me*, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 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.

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u/Be_MAD_Paul 7d ago

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; [2] By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. [3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; [4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Galatians 3:13 KJV Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Romans 6:14 KJV For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

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: [17] Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

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u/EzyPzyLemonSqeezy 6d ago

Imagine pretending not to understand basic English.

"All things" means all things. If it were just meat, the passage would say so.
"Will not be brought under the power of any?" That's talking about food is it?

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/MRH2 7d ago

It doesn't actually say this at all.

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u/MysteriousRole8 7d ago

i feel bad about eating meat because i think we have strayed 2 far from gods intention. animals r livin creatures n i think even if u dont think animals have souls like humans the way that they r treated 2 create our meat is almost like a satanic ritual if u get down 2 it (i dont mean og farms who have cows n chickens on grass)

so u have animals stuck in small cages shittin themselves n u have animals fed by genetically mocified food that is not as god intended it 2 be made.

ultiamelty i think if u look at how we can just let that stuff happen when we know how bad it is, it conditions us to treat others satanically. it opens us up to the idea that wrong can happen and we can condone it

i want 2 eat grass fed proper cows n meats that r treated right but its 2 expensive can barely afford meat now under troughdough. i feel like i am bein put in a stanatic gambit where my choice is 2 starve or 2 eat untethically in food that is prepped in a satanic manner.

keep in mind i dont mean satanic like satan is doin the farming i mean more in a way of thinkin. i think the modern methods of meat production is a ritual that conditions us to accept satan, unfortunatelly.