26 Those things which are suitable for our souls, he has directed us to eat; but those which are not, he has forbidden. (WEB) 27 But, tyrant-like, you not only force us to break the law, but also to eat, that you may ridicule us as we thus profanely eat. (WEB) 28 But you won’t have this cause of laughter against me, (WEB)
4 Maccabees 5:26–28
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4 Maccabees 11:15–17
15 I was born and reared to the same end. We are bound to die also on behalf of the same cause. (WEB) 16 So if you think it is proper to torment us for not eating the unclean, then torment!” (WEB) 17 As he said this, they brought him to the wheel. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 11:24–26
24 We six youths have destroyed your tyranny. (WEB) 25 For isn’t your inability to overrule our reasoning, and to compel us to eat the unclean, your destruction? (WEB) 26 Your fire is cold to us. Your racks are painless, and your violence harmless. (WEB)
Testament of Joseph 1:54–56
54 Now therefore know that the God of my father hath revealed unto me by His angel thy wickedness, and I have kept it to convict thee, if haply thou mayst see and repent. (T12) 55 But that thou mayst learn that the wickedness of the ungodly hath no power over them that wo… (T12)
4 Maccabees 5:6–8
6 “I would counsel you, old man, before your tortures begin, to taste the swine’s flesh, and save your life; for I feel respect for your age and hoary head, which since you have had so long, you appear to me to be no philosopher in retaining the superstition of… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 6:18–20
18 For it would be irrational, if having lived up to old age in all truth, and having scrupulously guarded our character for it, we would now turn back (WEB) 19 and ourselves become a pattern of impiety to the young, as being an example of eating pollution. (WEB) 20 It would be dis… (WEB)
Romans 14:15–17
15 If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died. 16 Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eati…
Deuteronomy 14:2–4
2 for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. 3 You must not eat any detestable thing. 4 These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, t…
1 Corinthians 10:29–31
29 the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience? 30 If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? 31 So whether you eat or drink or whatev…
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