Eating pork is not a sin for Christians. The New Testament explicitly and repeatedly addresses the dietary laws of the Old Testament and makes clear that Christians are not bound by them. Acts 10, Mark 7:19, Romans 14, and Colossians 2:16-17 all address this directly. The Old Testament dietary laws were given to Israel as part of their covenant with God — a covenant fulfilled and superseded in Christ. 90/100 Spiritually Safe — Christians are free to eat pork.
Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 list the dietary laws given to Israel, including the prohibition on pork: "The pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you" (Leviticus 11:7). These laws were given specifically to Israel as part of the Mosaic covenant — they governed what Israelites could eat as a people set apart to God, distinguished from surrounding nations.
These dietary laws served multiple purposes: they maintained Israel's distinctiveness from surrounding nations, they had practical public health implications in the ancient Near East, and they functioned as a constant reminder that Israel was a covenant people with a different way of life. The laws were genuine and binding for Israel under the Mosaic covenant.
The New Testament addresses dietary laws directly and repeatedly. Mark 7:18-19 records Jesus' statement that nothing that goes into a person can defile them — with the editorial note: "In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean." Acts 10 records Peter's vision of unclean animals being lowered on a sheet with the divine command: "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." When Peter objects that he has never eaten anything impure, the voice responds: "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean" (Acts 10:15).
Romans 14:14: "I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself." Colossians 2:16-17: "Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink... These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ." The Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15) — the early church's definitive ruling on what Gentile Christians must observe — does not include dietary laws except for the specific issue of meat sacrificed to idols.
Christians are not under the Mosaic covenant — they are under the new covenant inaugurated by Jesus Christ (Luke 22:20, Hebrews 8:6-13). The dietary laws, as part of the Mosaic covenant's ceremonial law, are fulfilled in Christ and no longer binding on Christians. This is the consistent position of historic Christian theology across Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. GotQuestions.org provides a thorough biblical treatment. The exception would be Christians from Hebrew Roots Movement backgrounds who hold that dietary laws remain binding — a position that mainstream evangelical scholarship considers inconsistent with the New Testament's clear teaching. See our Is It a Sin? hub for similar questions.