Romans:14:1-23
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Receive one who is weak in the faith ,
but not to disputes over doubtful things .
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For one believes he may eat all things ,
but he who is weak eats only vegetables .
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Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat ,
and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats ;
for God has received him .
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Who are you to judge another '
s servant ?
To his own master he stands or falls .
Indeed ,
he will be made to stand ,
for God is able to make him stand .
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One person esteems one day above another ;
another esteems every day alike .
Let each be fully convinced in his own mind .
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He who observes the day ,
observes it to the Lord ;
and he who does not observe the day ,
to the Lord he does not observe it .
He who eats ,
eats to the Lord ,
for he gives God thanks ;
and he who does not eat ,
to the Lord he does not eat ,
and gives God thanks .
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For none of us lives to himself ,
and no one dies to himself .
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For if we live ,
we live to the Lord ;
and if we die ,
we die to the Lord .
Therefore ,
whether we live or die ,
we are the Lord '
s .
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For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again ,
that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living .
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But why do you judge your brother ?
Or why do you show contempt for your brother ?
For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ .
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For it is written : "
As I live ,
says the LORD ,
Every knee shall bow to Me ,
And every tongue shall confess to God ."
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So then each of us shall give account of himself to God .
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Therefore let us not judge one another anymore ,
but rather resolve this ,
not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother '
s way .
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I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself ;
but to him who considers anything to be unclean ,
to him it is unclean .
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Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food ,
you are no longer walking in love .
Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died .
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Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil ;
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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 who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men .
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Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another .
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Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food .
All things indeed are pure ,
but it is evil for the man who eats with offense .
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It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak .
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Do you have faith ?
Have it to yourself before God .
Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves .
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But he who doubts is condemned if he eats ,
because he does not eat from faith ;
for whatever is not from faith is sin .