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19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
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19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
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20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.
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20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.
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21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.
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21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.
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22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
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22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
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23 But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
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23 But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
