I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
I know, and am persuaded by (or rather 'in') the Lord Jesus - as "having the mind of Christ" (1 Corinthians 2:16),
That there is nothing unclean of itself. Hence, it is that he calls those "the strong" who believed in the abolition of all ritual distinctions under the Gospel (see Acts 10:15).
But, [ ei-mee (G1508 ), 'save that'] to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean:
- q.d., 'and therefore, though you can eat of it without sin, he cannot.'