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1 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.
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But him that is weak in faith receive ye, [yet] not for decision of scruples.
2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
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One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.
3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.
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Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
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Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
5 One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.
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One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.
6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
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He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.
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For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.
8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
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For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
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For to this end Christ died and lived [again], that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister ? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
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But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
11 It is written: “ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’ ”
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For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
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So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.
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Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.
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I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.
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For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.
16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.
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Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
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for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.
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For he that herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
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So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.
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Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.
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It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything] whereby thy brother stumbleth.
22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
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The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.
23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
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But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
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