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But to us there is but oneGod, the Father,ofwhom are all things,andweinhim;andoneLordJesusChrist,bywhom are all things,andwebyhim.
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Howbeit there is notin every man that knowledge:forsome with conscience of the idolunto this houreat it as a thing offered unto an idol;andtheirconsciencebeingweak is defiled .
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Butmeatcommendethusnot to God:forneither,if we eat , are we the better ; neither,if we eatnot, are we the worse .
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But take heedlest by any meansthisliberty of yoursbecome a stumblingblock to them that are weak .
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Forif any manseetheewhichhastknowledge sit at meatin the idol's temple,shallnot the conscience of him which isweak be emboldened* to eat those things which are offered to idols;
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Andthroughthyknowledgeshall the weakbrotherperish , forwhomChristdied ?
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But when ye sinsoagainst the brethren,andwoundtheirweakconscience, ye sinagainstChrist.
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Wherefore,ifmeatmakemybrother to offend , I will eatnoflesh while the world standeth*, lest I makemybrother to offend .