Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by various strange teachings. For it is good that the heart should be strengthened by grace, not by foods that do not help those who walk by them.
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8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
10We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any abominable thing.
Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will come and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
Acts 10:14But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that was defiled and unclean.”
Acts 20:32Now I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are being sanctified.
Romans 14:6He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord; and he who eats, eats for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God. He who does not eat, refrains from eating for the Lord, he also gives thanks to God.
Romans 16:17Now I urge you, brothers, to think about those who are causing the divisions and stumbling. They are going beyond the teaching that you have learned. Turn away from them.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 13:2-18
Various Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,… Read the whole commentary →