Does it say to not eat pork in the New Testament?

Answer 1

No.

Romans 14:14 My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for you.

1Corinthians 10:25 You are free to eat anything sold in the meat market, without asking any questions because of your conscience.

10:26 For, as the scripture says, "The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord."

10:27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you decide to go, eat what is set before you, without asking any questions because of your conscience.

Answer 2

Not directly. The New Testament (NT) instructs all called to become 'imitators' or disciples of Christ. He lived by God's Law perfectly and did not eat 'unclean' meats which pork is one of them.


On the contrary, no NT passages describes the new 'Christians' eating meats that had been considered unclean; such a view is glaringly absent in The Bible. However, there are many clear Scriptures in which the Apostle Paul vigorously and repeatedly upholds adherence to God's laws (Acts:24:14; 25-8; Romans 3:21; 7:12,22) as well as the half-brother James 2:8-12; 4:11) as did 1 John 3-4. Basically, all knew violating God's dietary laws would have been unthinkable to them. This is confirmed by Peter in his dream that is mistakenly misapplied to mean pork is allowed (see Acts 10).

Quoted Scripture that appears to support this change to the Law of God (see Leviticus 11 & 19) like Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 8 are read out-of-context and misapplied. These relate to food sacrifices to pagan gods.

First the called-out Congregation of Israel and now, inclusively, the Church of God are commanded to be holy - set apart from the rest of the world during this reign of mankind (1 Peter 1: 14-16).

Answer 3

It says it in the Old Testament. It was God's rule to separate his people from pagans.