Romans 14:1-15
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1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
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2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
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3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
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4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
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5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
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6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
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7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
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8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
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9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
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10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
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11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
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12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
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13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
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14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
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15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.