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I now pass to another subject .
Receive as a friend a man whose faith is weak ,
but not for the purpose of deciding mere matters of opinion .
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One man '
s faith allows him to eat anything ,
while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables .
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Let not him who eats certain food look down upon him who abstains from it ,
nor him who abstains from it find fault with him who eats it ;
for God has received both of them .
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Who are you that you should find fault with the servant of another ?
Whether he stands or falls is a matter which concerns his own master .
But stand he will ;
for the Master can give him power to stand .
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One man esteems one day more highly than another ;
another esteems all days alike .
Let every one be thoroughly convinced in his own mind .
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He who regards the day as sacred ,
so regards it for the Master '
s sake ;
and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master '
s sake ,
for he gives thanks to God ;
and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master '
s sake ,
and he also gives thanks to God .
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For not one of us lives to himself ,
and not one dies to himself .
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If we live ,
we live to the Lord :
if we die ,
we die to the Lord .
So whether we live or die ,
we belong to the Lord .
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For this was the purpose of Christ '
s dying and coming to life –
namely that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living .
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But you ,
why do you find fault with your brother ?
Or you ,
why do you look down upon your brother ?
We shall all stand before God to be judged ;
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for it is written ,
says the Lord ,
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So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to God .
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Therefore let us no longer judge one another ;
but ,
instead of that ,
you should come to this judgement –
that we must not put a stumbling-block in our brother '
s path ,
nor anything to trip him up .
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As one who lives in union with the Lord Jesus ,
I know and am certain that in its own nature no food is `
impure ';
but if people regard any food as impure ,
to them it is .
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If your brother is pained by the food you are eating ,
your conduct is no longer controlled by love .
Take care lest ,
by the food you eat ,
you lead to ruin a man for whom Christ died .
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