These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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Romans 14
Brit Hadashah 23 verses
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I now pass to another subject. Receive as a friend a man whose is weak, but not for the purpose of deciding mere matters of opinion.
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Romans 15:1 Romans 15:7 1 Corinthians 9:22 Luke 17:2 Romans 14:21 1 Corinthians 8:7-13 Philippians 2:29 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 Ezekiel 34:16 Matthew 10:40-42 Ezekiel 34:4 Matthew 18:5-6 Job 4:3 Isaiah 42:3 Zechariah 11:16 Matthew 12:20 Matthew 14:31 Matthew 18:10 3 John 1:8-10 Isaiah 40:11 Romans 4:19 John 13:20 2 John 1:10 Isaiah 35:3-4 - 2 One man’s allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker eats nothing but vegetables.
- 3 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 has received both of them.
- 4 Who are you that you should find fault with the 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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- 6 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 ; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master’s sake, and he also gives thanks to .
- 7 For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
- 8 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.
- 9 For this was the purpose of Messiah’s dying and coming to life—namely that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living.
- 10 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 to be judged;
- 11 for it is written, “’As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall make confession to .’”
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So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to .
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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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Luke 12:57 James 4:11 Matthew 7:1 Luke 17:2 Romans 14:4 James 2:4 2 Corinthians 6:3 1 Corinthians 10:32 Romans 14:10 1 John 2:10 2 Corinthians 5:14 Leviticus 19:14 1 Timothy 5:14 Revelation 2:14 Matthew 16:23 Romans 11:9 Romans 9:32-33 Isaiah 57:14 Ezekiel 14:3 Philippians 1:10 1 Corinthians 11:13 2 Samuel 12:14 Matthew 18:7 Romans 16:17 1 Corinthians 8:9-13 - 14 As one who lives in union with the Lord , I and am certain that in its own nature no food is ‘impure’; but if people regard any food as impure, to them it is.
- 15 If your brother is pained by the food you are eating, your conduct is no longer controlled by . Take care lest, by the food you eat, you lead to ruin a man for whom died.
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Therefore do not let the boon which is yours in common be exposed to reproach.
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For the Kingdom of does not consist of eating and drinking, but of right conduct, and joy, through the Holy ;
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Romans 15:13 Matthew 6:33 1 Corinthians 8:8 Galatians 5:22 1 Corinthians 4:20 1 Corinthians 6:9 Romans 8:6 John 3:3 Acts 13:52 Isaiah 61:3 Philippians 3:9 Colossians 2:16-17 Isaiah 55:12 1 Thessalonians 2:12 Matthew 3:2 Colossians 1:11 2 Corinthians 5:21 Luke 17:20-21 Jeremiah 23:5-6 Daniel 2:44 Hebrews 13:9 1 Corinthians 1:30 Romans 5:1-5 Philippians 4:7 Philippians 2:1 John 3:5 Isaiah 45:24 1 Peter 1:8 Philippians 4:4 John 16:33 Romans 8:15-16 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Luke 14:15 Philippians 3:3 Acts 9:31 Daniel 9:24 2 Peter 1:1 -
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and whoever in this way devotedly serves , takes pleasure in him, and men highly commend him.
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2 Corinthians 8:21 Romans 16:18 Romans 6:22 1 Timothy 2:3 Philippians 4:18 2 Corinthians 4:2 Ecclesiastes 9:7 1 Timothy 5:4 2 Corinthians 6:4 1 Peter 2:20 1 Thessalonians 1:3-4 Titus 2:11-14 Colossians 3:24 Acts 10:35 Romans 14:4 Romans 12:11 1 Peter 2:5 2 Corinthians 5:11 1 Corinthians 7:22 1 Peter 3:16 Genesis 4:7 James 2:18-26 John 12:26 Galatians 6:15-16 Romans 12:1-2 Mark 13:34 -
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Therefore let us aim at whatever makes for and mutual upbuilding of character.
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Psalm 34:14 Romans 15:2 Hebrews 12:14 Ephesians 4:29 Romans 12:18 1 Peter 3:11 1 Corinthians 14:26 Philippians 2:1-4 Ephesians 4:3-7 Colossians 3:12-15 1 Thessalonians 5:11-12 Psalm 133:1 1 Corinthians 14:12-17 Mark 9:50 Matthew 5:9 James 3:13-18 1 Timothy 1:4 2 Timothy 2:22 2 Corinthians 13:11 1 Corinthians 7:15 1 Corinthians 10:33 2 Corinthians 12:19 - 20 Do not for food’s sake be throwing down Elohim’s work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others.
- 21 The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother’s fall.
- 22 As for you and your , keep your to yourself in the presence of . The man is to be congratulated who does not pronounce judgement on himself in what his actions sanction.
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But he who has misgivings and yet eats meat is condemned already, because his conduct is not based on ; for all conduct not based on is sinful.
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