rsv Romans:14:10-23 SEEK
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Why do you pass judgment on your brother ?
Or you ,
why do you despise your brother ?
For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God ;
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for it is written , "
As I live ,
says the Lord ,
every knee shall bow to me ,
and every tongue shall give praise to God ."
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So each of us shall give account of himself to God .
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Then let us no more pass judgment on one another ,
but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother .
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I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself ;
but it is unclean for any one who thinks it unclean .
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If your brother is being injured by what you eat ,
you are no longer walking in love .
Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died .
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So do not let your good be spoken of as evil .
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For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit ;
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he who thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men .
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Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding .
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Do not ,
for the sake of food ,
destroy the work of God .
Everything is indeed clean ,
but it is wrong for any one to make others fall by what he eats ;
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it is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble .
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The faith that you have ,
keep between yourself and God ;
happy is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves .
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But he who has doubts is condemned ,
if he eats ,
because he does not act from faith ;
for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin .