Acts 15:20

The Jerusalem Council

¹⁹ For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God; ²⁰ But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood. ²¹ For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.

Abstain from

Let Us

Put to Death

Sexual Immorality

Things Offered to Idols

Things Sacrificed to Idols

Leviticus 3:17

Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.

Acts 15:29

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

Genesis 9:4

But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

Revelation 2:14

But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.

Revelation 2:20

But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.

Deuteronomy 12:16

But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.

Exodus 34:15-16

So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

Leviticus 17:10-14

And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.

Deuteronomy 15:23

Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.

Acts 21:25

But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

Genesis 35:2

Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

Exodus 20:3-5

You are to have no other gods but me.

Exodus 20:23

Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.

Leviticus 7:23-27

Say to the children of Israel: You are not to take any fat, of ox or sheep or goat, for food.

Numbers 25:2

For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.

Deuteronomy 12:23-25

But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

Deuteronomy 14:21

You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

1 Samuel 14:32

And rushing at the goods taken in the fight, the people took oxen and sheep and young oxen, and put them to death there on the earth, and had a meal, taking the flesh with the blood in it.

Psalm 106:37-39

They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits,

Ezekiel 20:30-31

For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Are you making yourselves unclean as your fathers did? are you being untrue to me by going after their disgusting works?

Ezekiel 33:25

For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage?

Daniel 1:8

And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.

1 Corinthians 5:11

But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

1 Corinthians 6:13

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.

1 Corinthians 8:4-13

So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

1 Corinthians 10:7-8

Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.

1 Corinthians 10:14-28

For this cause, my dear brothers, give no worship to false gods.

2 Corinthians 12:21

And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

Ephesians 5:3

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

Colossians 3:5

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

1 Timothy 4:4-5

Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

Hebrews 12:16

And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.

Hebrews 13:4

Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

1 Peter 4:3

Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;

Revelation 9:20

And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

Revelation 10:2

And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

Revelation 10:8

And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.