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But him that is weak in the faith receive not unto decisions of reasonings.
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One person hath faith to eat all things, but he that is weak eateth herbs.
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Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.
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Who art thou that judgest another’s servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth; and stand he shall, for his master is able to make him stand.
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One [person] judgeth day more than day, another judgeth every day [alike]. Let each be fully assured in his own mind.
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He that regardeth the day doth regard to [the] Lord, [and he that regardeth not the day to [the] Lord doth not regard;] and he that eateth eateth to [the] Lord, for he giveth thanks to God, and he that eateth not to [the] Lord eateth not and giveth thanks to God.
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For none of us liveth to himself and none dieth to himself;
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for both if we should live, to the Lord we live, and if we die, to the Lord we die; therefore, both if we should live and if we should die, we are the Lord’s.
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For unto this [end] Christ died and lived, that he might be Lord both of dead and living.
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But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or thou too, why despisest thou thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
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For it is written, “I live, saith [the] Lord, that to me shall bow every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
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So then each of us shall give account concerning himself to God.
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Let us then no longer judge one another, but judge ye this rather, not to set an occasion of stumbling or offence for one’s brother.
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I know and am persuaded in [the] Lord Jesus that nothing [is] unclean by itself; unless to him that reckoneth anything to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
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For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou art no longer walking in love. Do not with thy meat destroy him for whom Christ died.
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Let not then your good be ill spoken of;
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for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in [the] Holy Spirit;
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for he that in this serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God and approved by men.
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So then let us pursue the things of peace and the things of edifying one another.
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Do not for the sake of meat pull down the work of God. All things are clean; but [it is] evil to the man that eateth while stumbling.
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[It is] right not to eat flesh nor drink wine nor anything in which thy brother stumbleth [or is offended or is weak].
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Hast thou faith? to thyself have [it] before God. Happy [is] he that judgeth not himself in what he approveth;
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but he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because [it is] not of faith; but everything which [is] not of faith is sin.