For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
The wider context of 1 Corinthians 10:23-33 brings real common sense to diet reform, showing that diet must be studied broadly and deeply rather than narrowed to rigid extremes. It guards against a shallow or one-sided approach by requiring attention to principle, circumstance, and individual need together.
That breadth forbids criticizing others simply because their practice is not in every detail in harmony with one's own. No unvarying rule can be made to regulate everyone's habits, and no person should set himself up as the criterion for all. Not all can eat the same things, for food that is palatable and wholesome to one may be distasteful and even harmful to another. Some cannot use milk while others thrive on it, some cannot digest peas and beans while others find them wholesome, and coarser grain preparations are good food for some while others cannot use them.
The wider context of 1 Corinthians 10:23-33 brings real common sense to diet reform, showing that diet must be studied broadly and deeply rather than narrowed to rigid extremes. It guards against a shallow or one-sided approach by requiring attention to principle, circumstance, and individual need together.
That breadth forbids criticizing others simply because their practice is not in every detail in harmony with one's own. No unvarying rule can be made to regulate everyone's habits, and no person should set himself up as the criterion for all. Not all can eat the same things, for food that is palatable and wholesome to one may be distasteful and even harmful to another. Some cannot use milk while others thrive on it, some cannot digest peas and beans while others find them wholesome, and coarser grain preparations are good food for some while others cannot use them.